Bi2Te3: enthalpy of formation

6 accepted literature formation-enthalpy value(s) (experimental 6); experimental median -16.46 kJ/mol-atom (n = 6); Materials Project -47.208 kJ/mol-atom (mp-aaaabypm); OQMD -22.887 kJ/mol-atom (oqmd-3206).

Systems: Bi–Te

Literature values

Enthalpy of formation of Bi2Te3 reported in the literature (6)
Value	Phase as printed	T (K)	Class	Method	System	Source	Location
-39.8 kJ/mol-atom	Bi2Te3	298.15	experimental	EMF	Bi–Te	[1] Zhou 2024 cites Sidorko 2008 doi	Table 3, p. 5, row 110 report
-16.903 kJ/mol-atom	Bi2Te3	298.15	experimental	EMF	Bi–Te	[1] Zhou 2024 cites Semenkovich 1972 doi	Table 3, p. 5, row 108 report
-16.82 kJ/mol-atom ± 0.67	Bi2Te3	298.15	experimental	Calorimetry	Bi–Te	[1] Zhou 2024 cites Vecher 1968	Table 3, p. 5, row 109 report
-16.1 kJ/mol-atom ± 1	Bi2Te3	298.15	experimental	Vapour pressure measurements	Bi–Te	[1] Zhou 2024 cites Boncheva-Mladenova 1972 doi	Table 3, p. 5, row 107 report
-15.84 kJ/mol-atom	Bi2Te3	298.15	experimental	EMF	Bi–Te	[1] Zhou 2024 cites Hasanova 2021 doi	Table 3, p. 5, row 112 report
-15.7 kJ/mol-atom	Bi2Te3	298.15	experimental	Calorimetry	Bi–Te	[1] Zhou 2024 cites Howlett 1964	Table 3, p. 5, row 106 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 Bi2Te3
Value	Unit	Printed	Reading	Method (class, basis)	Effective
-39.8	kJ/mol-atom		5.000e-5	4.6 (emf, cleaned_below_threshold)	4.6
-16.903	kJ/mol-atom		5.000e-5	4.6 (emf, cleaned_below_threshold)	4.6
-16.82	kJ/mol-atom	0.67	5.000e-5	3.2 (solution_reaction_calorimetry, calibrated)	3.2
-16.1	kJ/mol-atom	1	5.000e-5	4.2 (kems_vapour, calibrated)	4.2
-15.84	kJ/mol-atom		5.000e-5	4.6 (emf, cleaned_below_threshold)	4.6
-15.7	kJ/mol-atom		5.000e-5	3.2 (solution_reaction_calorimetry, calibrated)	3.2

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 Bi2Te3
Source	Entry	kJ/mol-atom	eV/atom	Space group	E above hull (kJ/mol-atom)	E above hull (eV/atom)	Theoretical
Materials Project	mp-aaaabypm	-47.208	-0.489275	R-3m	0	0	no
OQMD	oqmd-3206	-22.887	-0.237205	R-3m	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

Jiaqiang Zhou, Jiong Wang, Biao Hu, Dongyu Cui, Thermodynamic Modeling of the Bi-Se and Bi-Te Binary Systems, J. Phase Equilib. Diffus. 45, 89-113 (2024). doi:10.1007/s11669-024-01093-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}
}