Indium Chalcogenides - In₂Te₅

In₂Te₅

This is a polytelluride compound and the structure is made up of layers that in turn are made up of chains of linked InTe₄ tetrahedra where three of the Te atoms are bridging. There are Te atoms separate from the chains. The compound has been formulated as (2In3+ Te2−Te₃2−)_n counterbalanced with separate Te2− ions. The structure is similar to Al₂Te₅.