TY - SER AU - Teichert,Johannes AU - Kaiser,Martin AU - Menshchikova,Tatiana V. AU - Rusinov,Igor P. AU - Markelov,Anton V. AU - Chulkov,Evgueni V. AU - Doert,Thomas AU - Ruck,Michael AU - Isaeva,Anna AU - Zeugner,Alexander TI - Synthesis, crystal and topological electronic structures of new bismuth tellurohalides Bi2TeBr and Bi3TeBr KW - теллурогалогениды висмута KW - электронная структура KW - синтез KW - статьи в журналах N1 - Библиогр.: 88 назв N2 - Halogen substitution, that is, bromine for iodine, in the series of topological BinTeI (n = 1, 2, 3) materials was conducted in order to explore the impact of anion exchange on topological electronic structure. In this proof-of-concept study, we demonstrate the applicability of the modular view on crystal and electronic structures of new Bi2TeBr and Bi3TeBr compounds. Along with the isostructural telluroiodides, they constitute a family of layered structures that are stacked from two basic building modules, ∞ 2[Bi2] and ∞ 2[BiTeX] (X = I, Br). We present solid-state synthesis, thermochemical studies, crystal growth, and crystal-structure elucidation of Bi2TeBr [space group R3m (no. 166), a = 433.04(2) pm, c = 5081.6(3) pm] and Bi3TeBr [space group R3m (no. 160), a = 437.68(3) pm, c = 3122.9(3) pm]. First-principles calculations establish the topological nature of Bi2TeBr and Bi3TeBr. General aspects of chemical bonding appear to be similar for BinTeX (X = I, Br) with the same n, so that alternation of the global gap size upon substitution is insignificant. The complex topological inversion proceeds between the states of two distinct modules, ∞ 2[Bi2] and ∞ 2[BiTeBr]; thus, the title compounds can be seen as heterostructures built via a modular principle. Furthermore, highly disordered as well as incommensurately modulated ternary phase(s) are documented near the Bi2TeBr composition. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction experiments on BiTeBr and Bi2TeI resolve some discrepancies in prior published work UR - http://vital.lib.tsu.ru/vital/access/manager/Repository/vtls:000788379 ER -