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Structural Principles and Thermoelectric Properties of Polytypic Group 14 Clathrate-II Frameworks

2013

We have investigated the structural principles and thermoelectric properties of polytypic group 14 clathrate-II frameworks using quantum chemical methods. The experimentally known cubic 3C polytype was found to be the energetically most favorable framework, but the studied hexagonal polytypes (2 H, 4 H, 6 H, 8 H, 10 H) lie energetically close to it. In the case of germanium, the energy difference between the 3C and 6H clathrate-II polytypes is ten times smaller than the difference between the experimentally known 3C-Ge (α-Ge) and 4H-Ge polytypes. The thermoelectric properties of guest-occupied clathrate-II structures were investigated for compositions Na-Rb-Ga-Ge and Ge-As-I. The clathrate-…

Coordinative Stabilization ofCyclo-Tetratellurium as[Te4{Cr(CO)5}4]: The First Organometallic Derivative of a Tellurium Allotrope

1997