Arsenidosilicates are chemical compounds that contain anions with arsenic bonded to silicon. They are in the category of tetrelarsenides, pnictidosilicates, or tetrelpnictides. They can be classed as Zintl phases or intermetallics. They are analogous to the nitridosilicates, phosphidosilicates, arsenidogermanates, and arsenidostannates. They are distinct from arsenate silicates which have oxygen connected with arsenic and silicon, or arsenatosilicates with arsenate groups sharing oxygen with silicate.
Arsenidosilicates have dark coloured crystals, usually metallic black. They are often decomposed by water, and some are unstable with respect to the water in air.
These compounds have been investigated as ionic conductors, semiconductors and photovoltaics.
name | formula | formula weight | crystal system | space group | unit cell | volume | density | comments | ref |
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Li2SiAs2 | tetragonal | I41/acd | a=12.563 c=19.390 | red; air sensitive; Si4As10 units | [1] | ||||
LiSi3As6 | orthorhombic | Cmca | a=14.244 b=11.247 c=10.757 | water and acid stable | [1] | ||||
Li5SiAs3 | C2/c | black, hydrolysed by water | [2] | ||||||
Li3Si7As8 | monoclinic | P2/m | a=8.9904 b=3.7154 c=11.6023 β=96.307 Z=1 | 385.21 | 3.52 | layered; moisture sensitive | [3] | ||
NaSi3As3 | a=10.002 b=18.54 c=3.648 | [4] | |||||||
MgSiAs2 | 202.24 | I42d | a=5.9078 c=10.600 Z=4 | 369.96 | 3.63 | [5] | |||
Mg3Si6As8 | 840.33 | cubic | P4332 | a=11.600 Z=4 | 1560.9 | 3.58 | red | [5] | |
K2SiAs2 | Ibam | a=13.132 b=6.999 c=6.340 Z=4 | golden; explosive decomposition; air sensitive; CAS No=108945-44-4 | [6] | |||||
KSi3As3 | Pbam | a=10.010b=19.139 c=3.664 Z=4 | purple; 2D framework | [4] | |||||
Sr3Si2As4 | metallic red; chains | [7] | |||||||
CdSiAs2 | tetragonal | I42d | a = 5.884 c = 10.882 Z=8 | [8] [9] | |||||
Cd7SiAs6 | 1264.41 | cubic | P213 | a=10.9820 Z=4 | 1324.5 | 6.343 | black | [8] | |
Cs0.16SiAs2 | water stable | [10] | |||||||
Cs2SiAs2 | orthorhombic | Ibam | a=7.571 b=14.425 c=6.42 | water sensitive | [10] [11] | ||||
Cs5SiAs3 | orthorhombic | Pnma | a=14.467 b=6.043 c=15.82 | dark red metallic; air sensitive; planar | [10] [11] | ||||
Cs0.11Zn0.05Si0.95As | 119.39 | monoclinic | C2/m | a=35.201 b=3.6649 c=9.9848 β=91.863° Z=24 | 1287.4 | 3.70 | black | [12] | |
Ba4SiAs4 | dark metallic; unstable in air | [13] | |||||||
BaCuSi2As3 | P n m a | a 13.169 b 10.502 c 4.615 | thermal insulate, electrical conductor | [14] | |||||
Ba13Si6Sn8As22 | 4551.72 | tetragonal | I42m | a = 14.4857, c = 13.5506 Z=2 | 2843.4 | 5.316 | black; Si4As10 units; band gap 1.0 eV | [15] | |
LaSiAs3 | orthorhombic | Pbca | a=6.0855 b=5.9837 c=26.2279 Z=8 | [16] | |||||
LaSiAs3 | orthorhombic | Pn21a | a=6.0498 b=5.9545 c=26.383 Z=8 | [16] | |||||
CeSiAs3 | orthorhombic | Pn21a | a=5.998 b=5.906 c=26.231 Z=8 | [16] | |||||
PrSiAs3 | orthorhombic | Pn21a | a = 5.949, b = 5.877, c = 26.149 Z=8 | [16] | |||||
AuSiAs | monoclinic | Cc | a 7.2000 b 6.1614 c 6.1646, β =119.135° | [17] | |||||
In chemistry, a Zintl phase is a product of a reaction between a group 1 or group 2 and main group metal or metalloid. It is characterized by intermediate metallic/ionic bonding. Zintl phases are a subgroup of brittle, high-melting intermetallic compounds that are diamagnetic or exhibit temperature-independent paramagnetism and are poor conductors or semiconductors.
The phosphidosilicates or phosphosilicides are inorganic compounds containing silicon bonded to phosphorus and one or more other kinds of elements. In the phosphosilicates each silicon atom is surrounded by four phosphorus atoms in a tetrahedron. The triphosphosilicates have a SiP3 unit, that can be a planar triangle like carbonate CO3. The phosphorus atoms can be shared to form different patterns e.g. [Si2P6]10− which forms pairs, and [Si3P7]3− which contains two-dimensional double layer sheets. [SiP4]8− with isolated tetrahedra, and [SiP2]2− with a three dimensional network with shared tetrahedron corners. SiP clusters can be joined, not only by sharing a P atom, but also by way of a P-P bond. This does not happen with nitridosilicates or plain silicates.
Brigitte Eisenmann was a German chemist and a professor at the Technische Universität Darmstadt. She was the first woman professor for Chemistry at the Technische Universität Darmstadt. Together with Herbert Schäfer, she extended the definition of Zintl phases.
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The telluride iodides are chemical compounds that contain both telluride ions (Te2−) and iodide ions (I−). They are in the class of mixed anion compounds or chalcogenide halides.
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