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MP-ID: mp-1025587 · Space group: P3m1 (#156)

Basic Information

Formula
Te4W3S2
MP-ID
mp-1025587
Elements
3
Sites
9
Density
5.8091
g/cm³
Volume
321.88
ų
Cell a
3.4215
Å
Cell b
3.4215
Å
Cell c
31.7494
Å
α Angle
90.00
°
β Angle
90.00
°
γ Angle
120.00
°
Space Group
P3m1
Point Group
3m
Crystal System
Trigonal
Bravais Lattice
hP
Stability
No
Packing Fraction
0.7405

X-ray Diffraction

Diffraction Pattern
X-axis: 2θ (°); Y-axis: relative intensity; Cu Kα ; λ=1.5418 Å
Diffraction Peaks (Top 12)
2θd (Å)Ihkl
2.78 31.7494 100.0 (0,0,0,1)
5.57 15.8747 4.8 (0,0,0,2)
11.15 7.9373 7.0 (0,0,0,4)
13.95 6.3499 1.1 (0,0,0,5)
30.16 2.9631 1.4 (1,0,-1,0)
32.25 2.7760 1.0 (1,0,-1,4)
34.70 2.5854 3.7 (1,0,-1,6)
36.21 2.4807 1.4 (1,-1,0,7)
36.21 2.4807 2.9 (1,0,-1,7)
41.69 2.1663 1.8 (1,0,-1,10)
43.79 2.0675 2.7 (1,0,-1,11)
53.57 1.7108 1.1 (2,-1,-1,0)
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Energy Properties

Formation Energy/atom
-0.27899
eV/atom
Energy/atom
-30.48347
eV/atom
Energy above Hull
0.0932
eV/atom
Uncorrected Energy
-6.8858
eV/atom
Volume/atom
35.76
ų
c/a Ratio
9.2794

Electronic Properties

Metallic
Metal
Band Gap
0
eV
Direct Gap
No
CBM
N/A
eV

Magnetic Properties

Magnetic
No
Total Mag. Moment
0.0002
μB
Mag. Ordering
NM
Mag. Sites
0
Magnetization/Volume
0.000000
μB/ų

Elastic Properties

Elastic data not available

Feature Analysis

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Major / Matrix Element
Te · 0.444
Element Family
Metalloid-Nonmetal
Solute Fraction
0.556
Interstitial Fraction
0.000
Composite Radar (normalized)
Element-Class Share
Mix Entropy ΔS/R
1.0609
HEA criterion (>1.0 = high entropy)
Mix Entropy ΔS
8.8200
J/mol·K
Ω Parameter
3.0494
Ω > 1.1 favors solid solution
Atomic Size Mismatch δr
11.572%
δr < 6.6% favors single-phase solid solution
Electronegativity Diff Δχ
0.1907
smaller = more stable mixing
VEC
5.111
valence electron concentration, affects phase stability
Mix Enthalpy ΔH_mix
4.741
kJ/mol; negative = exothermic mixing
Entropy Norm
0.9656
SS Former
0
Phase Tendency
IM

Related Tasks

Related computation task IDs (3)

Citation & References

Materials Project Page
https://materialsproject.org/materials/mp-1025587
Reference Citation

The crystal structure and related material properties of Te4W3S2 were obtained from the Materials Project database (MP-ID: mp-1025587, database version v2026.04.13).

Literature Citation

Horton, M.K., Huck, P., Yang, R.X. et al. Accelerated data-driven materials science with the Materials Project. Nat. Mater. 24, 1522–1532 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-025-02272-0

3D Crystal Structure Rendering

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Raw CIF Data
# generated using pymatgen
data_Te4W3S2
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M   'P 1'
_cell_length_a   3.42149287
_cell_length_b   3.42149287
_cell_length_c   31.74936200
_cell_angle_alpha   90.00000000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000000
_cell_angle_gamma   120.00001690
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number   1
_chemical_formula_structural   Te4W3S2
_chemical_formula_sum   'Te4 W3 S2'
_cell_volume   321.88211032
_cell_formula_units_Z   1
loop_
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_site_id
 _symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz
  1  'x, y, z'
loop_
 _atom_site_type_symbol
 _atom_site_label
 _atom_site_symmetry_multiplicity
 _atom_site_fract_x
 _atom_site_fract_y
 _atom_site_fract_z
 _atom_site_occupancy
  Te  Te0  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.40589000  1.0
  Te  Te1  1  0.33333300  0.66666700  0.51938000  1.0
  Te  Te2  1  0.33333300  0.66666700  0.63734000  1.0
  Te  Te3  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.28794600  1.0
  W  W4  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.11565900  1.0
  W  W5  1  0.00000000  0.00000000  0.57839100  1.0
  W  W6  1  0.33333300  0.66666700  0.34691500  1.0
  S  S7  1  0.33333300  0.66666700  0.06839300  1.0
  S  S8  1  0.33333300  0.66666700  0.16292500  1.0
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