Cadmium tellurite

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Crystal structure
Crystal structure of cadmium tellurite
__ Cd 2+      __ Te 4+      __ O 2−
General
Surname Cadmium tellurite
other names

Cadmium tellurium trioxide

Ratio formula CdTeO 3
Brief description

colorless solid

External identifiers / databases
CAS number 15851-44-2
ECHA InfoCard 100.036.316
PubChem 167475
ChemSpider 146511
Wikidata Q15627943
properties
Molar mass 288.01 g mol −1
Physical state

firmly

Melting point

695 ° C

boiling point

1050 ° C (decomposition)

solubility

practically insoluble in water

safety instructions
GHS labeling of hazardous substances
07 - Warning

Caution

H and P phrases H: 302-312-332
P: 280-301 + 330 + 331-302 + 352-304 + 340-312
As far as possible and customary, SI units are used. Unless otherwise noted, the data given apply to standard conditions .

Cadmium tellurite is an inorganic chemical compound of cadmium from the tellurite group .

Extraction and presentation

Cadmium tellurite thin films can be obtained by reacting cadmium sulfate with sodium tellurite in ammonia .

properties

Cadmium tellurite is a colorless solid that is practically insoluble in water. The compound is a semiconductor . It has a monoclinic crystal structure with the space group P 2 1 / c (space group no. 14) . At higher temperatures (over 540 ° C) the compound has a cubic and a hexagonal crystal structure. Template: room group / 14

use

Cadmium tellurite is used in the production and characterization of compounds of the sodalite family. Use for the production of solar cells is also possible.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d William M. Haynes: CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics . CRC Press, 2016, ISBN 978-1-4987-5429-3 , pp. 53 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  2. a b c d e f data sheet Cadmium tellurite, 99% from AlfaAesar, accessed on April 19, 2019 ( PDF )(JavaScript required) .
  3. Ramesh S. Kapadnis: Studies on Chemically Synthesis of Polycrystalline Thin Films CdTeO3. In: IOSR Journal of Engineering. 03, 2013, p. 01, doi : 10.9790 / 3021-03850104 .
  4. V. Krämer, G. Brandt: Structure of cadmium tellurate (IV), CdTeO3. In: Acta Crystallographica Section C Crystal Structure Communications. 41, p. 1152, doi : 10.1107 / S0108270185006941 .
  5. Morgane Poupon, Nicolas Barrier et al. a .: A new β-CdTeO3 polymorph with a structure related to α-CdTeO3. In: Dalton Transactions. 46, 2017, p. 1927, doi : 10.1039 / c6dt04449b .
  6. Chuan Zhao, Xiaoping Zou, Sheng He: CdTeO3 Deposited Mesoporous NiO Photocathode for a Solar Cell. In: Journal of Nanomaterials. 2014, 2014, p. 1, doi : 10.1155 / 2014/372381 .