Al2Te3: enthalpy of formation

7 accepted literature formation-enthalpy value(s) (experimental 5, model 2); experimental median -63.6 kJ/mol-atom (n = 5); Materials Project -67.973 kJ/mol-atom (mp-aaaabrqs); OQMD -43.474 kJ/mol-atom (oqmd-648344).

Systems: Al–Te

Literature values

Enthalpy of formation of Al2Te3 reported in the literature (7)
Value	Phase as printed	T (K)	Class	Method	System	Source	Location	Quote
-63.8 kJ/mol-atom	Al2Te3	298.15	experimental		Al–Te	[1] Shi 2019 cites Joel 1967	p. 9 report	However, the enthalpy of formation of bAl2Te3 at 25 C obtained in this work (-85.9 kJ/mol-atoms) is less negative than experimental results (-63.8 kJ/mol-atoms[46] and [47] -52.0 kJ/mol-atoms ).
-63.8 kJ/mol-atom	βAl2Te3	298.15	experimental	Direct synthesis calorimetry	Al–Te	[1] Shi 2019 cites Joel 1967	Table 3, p. 3, row 15 report
-63.6 kJ/mol-atom	βAl2Te3	298.15	experimental	Evaluation	Al–Te	[1] Shi 2019 cites Mills 1974	Table 3, p. 3, row 17 report
-52 kJ/mol-atom	βAl2Te3	298.15	experimental	Torsion-effusion method for temperature	Al–Te	[1] Shi 2019 cites Balducci 1997	Table 3, p. 3, row 16 report
-52 kJ/mol-atom	Al2Te3	298.15	experimental		Al–Te	[1] Shi 2019 cites Balducci 1997	p. 9 report	However, the enthalpy of formation of bAl2Te3 at 25 C obtained in this work (-85.9 kJ/mol-atoms) is less negative than experimental results (-63.8 kJ/mol-atoms[46] and [47] -52.0 kJ/mol-atoms ).
-85.9 kJ/mol-atom	Al2Te3	298.15	model		Al–Te	[1] Shi 2019	p. 9 report	However, the enthalpy of formation of bAl2Te3 at 25 C obtained in this work (-85.9 kJ/mol-atoms) is less negative than experimental results (-63.8 kJ/mol-atoms[46] and [47] -52.0 kJ/mol-atoms ).
-85.9 kJ/mol-atom	βAl2Te3	298.15	model	CALPHAD	Al–Te	[1] Shi 2019	Table 3, p. 3, row 18 report

Uncertainty budget

Components kept separate, in the value's unit (literature SCHEMA.md, UNCERTAINTY_CALIBRATION.md): effective = max(sqrt(max(printed, reading, method)^2 + composition^2 + conversion^2), scatter). The method floor is the robust between-study scatter of the method class in ORCHID (calibrated) or a documented prior; printed values and printed uncertainties are unchanged.

Uncertainty budget of the literature values of Al2Te3
Value	Unit	Reading	Method (class, basis)	Effective
-63.8	kJ/mol-atom	0.05	3.5 (unknown, calibrated)	3.5
-63.8	kJ/mol-atom	0.05	3.2 (solution_reaction_calorimetry, calibrated)	3.2
-63.6	kJ/mol-atom	0.05	3.5 (evaluated_compilation, calibrated)	3.5
-52	kJ/mol-atom	0.05	4.2 (kems_vapour, calibrated)	4.2
-52	kJ/mol-atom	0.05	3.5 (unknown, calibrated)	3.5
-85.9	kJ/mol-atom	0.05	3.9 (model_calculated, calibrated)	3.9
-85.9	kJ/mol-atom	0.05	3.9 (model_calculated, calibrated)	3.9

DFT formation energies

Lowest-energy entries at this composition. Materials Project and OQMD use different energy references and are never averaged. 1 eV/atom = 96.485 kJ/mol-atom.

DFT formation energy of Al2Te3
Source	Entry	kJ/mol-atom	eV/atom	Space group	E above hull (kJ/mol-atom)	E above hull (eV/atom)	Theoretical
Materials Project	mp-aaaabrqs	-67.973	-0.704498	P2_1/c	0	0	no
OQMD	oqmd-648344	-43.474	-0.450581	P21/c	0	0	no

DFT sources: A. Jain et al., Commentary: The Materials Project: A materials genome approach to accelerating materials innovation, APL Materials 1 (2013) 011002. doi:10.1063/1.4812323 (CC BY 4.0); J. E. Saal et al., JOM 65 (2013) 1501-1509; S. Kirklin et al., npj Comput. Mater. 1 (2015) 15010. doi:10.1007/s11837-013-0755-4 (CC BY 4.0);

Sources

Chenying Shi, Biaobiao Yang, Biao Hu, Yong Du, Sheng Yao, Thermodynamic Description of the Al–X (X = S, Se, Te) Systems, J. Phase Equilib. Diffus. 40, 392-402 (2019). doi:10.1007/s11669-019-00733-z

Please cite

R. Arróyave, J. Saal, D. Shin, ORCHID-Values: thermodynamic and phase-equilibrium values read from the literature (version 2026.10; Version 1, machine-extracted), Zenodo (2026). doi:10.5281/zenodo.23735569
R. Arróyave, J. Saal, D. Shin, ORCHID-Parity: DFT-vs-experiment formation-enthalpy benchmark (version 2026.10; Version 1, machine-extracted), Zenodo (2026). doi:10.5281/zenodo.23735943
R. Arróyave, J. Saal, D. Shin, ORCHID data: umbrella record of the ORCHID datasets (version 2026.10; Version 1, machine-extracted), Zenodo (2026). doi:10.5281/zenodo.23736065

Also cite the original source of every value you use (paper_citation / paper_doi, and cited_dois for values the paper cites from earlier work); A. Jain et al., The Materials Project: A materials genome approach to accelerating materials innovation, APL Materials 1 (2013) 011002, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4812323 (CC BY 4.0); J. E. Saal et al., JOM 65 (2013) 1501, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-013-0755-4 and S. Kirklin et al., npj Comput. Mater. 1 (2015) 15010, https://doi.org/10.1038/npjcompumats.2015.10 (CC BY 4.0); G. Kim, S. V. Meschel, P. Nash, W. Chen, Experimental formation enthalpies for intermetallic phases and other inorganic compounds, Scientific Data 4 (2017) 170162, https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.162; B. Hallstedt, The SGTE collection of binary datasets, Calphad 89 (2025) 102833, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.calphad.2025.102833 (CC BY 4.0), and the original assessment named in each file. Version 1, machine-extracted: values were read by language-model readers constrained to quote their source and checked automatically, and the release was then audited on the printed pages by adversarial audits, an independent second review of fit-facing records and a preliminary human review of a frozen sample. Flags such as accepted and ESPEI-ready record screening results, not certification; known issues are listed in the release notes.

@misc{orchid_literature_2026,
  author    = {Arr{\'o}yave, Raymundo and Saal, James and Shin, Dongwon},
  title     = {{ORCHID-Values: thermodynamic and phase-equilibrium values read from the literature}},
  version   = {2026.10},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  year      = {2026},
  doi       = {10.5281/zenodo.23735569},
  url       = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23735569},
  note      = {Version 1, machine-extracted}
}

@misc{orchid_dft_benchmark_2026,
  author    = {Arr{\'o}yave, Raymundo and Saal, James and Shin, Dongwon},
  title     = {{ORCHID-Parity: DFT-vs-experiment formation-enthalpy benchmark}},
  version   = {2026.10},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  year      = {2026},
  doi       = {10.5281/zenodo.23735943},
  url       = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23735943},
  note      = {Version 1, machine-extracted}
}

@misc{orchid_data_2026,
  author    = {Arr{\'o}yave, Raymundo and Saal, James and Shin, Dongwon},
  title     = {{ORCHID data: umbrella record of the ORCHID datasets}},
  version   = {2026.10},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  year      = {2026},
  doi       = {10.5281/zenodo.23736065},
  url       = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23736065},
  note      = {Version 1, machine-extracted}
}