Synthesis and characterization of the wide band-gap compound Pr2Te4O11

Ismail Ijjaali; Christine Flaschenriem; James A. Ibers

doi:10.1016/S0925-8388(03)00190-7

Synthesis and characterization of the wide band-gap compound Pr₂Te₄O₁₁

Ismail Ijjaali, Christine Flaschenriem, James A. Ibers^*

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Abstract

Single crystals of Pr₂Te₄O₁₁ have been grown through the reaction of Pr₆O₁₁ and TeO₂ in a CsCl flux at 1123 K. This compound, which is isostructural with Nd₂Te₄O₁₁ and Ho₂Te₄O₁₁, crystallizes in space group C2/c of the monoclinic system with four formula units in a cell of dimensions at 153 K of a = 12.6880(6) Å, b = 5.2361(3) Å, c = 16.2920(8) Å, β = 106.052(1)°, and V = 1040.17(9) Å³. The three dimensional structure is made from the interconnection between _∞²[Pr₂O₁₀^14-] and _∞²[Te₄O₁₁^6-] networks. Pr₂Te₄O₁₁ is a Curie-Weiss paramagnetic with an effective magnetic moment of 3.59(2) μ_B. Optical diffuse reflectance spectroscopy shows typical 4f-4f optical transitions for Pr(III), in addition to a wide band gap of 3.65 eV.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	115-119
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Alloys and Compounds
Volume	354
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0925-8388(03)00190-7
State	Published - May 12 2003

Keywords

Crystal structure
Praseodymium
Solid-state compound
Synthesis
Tellurite

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering
Metals and Alloys
Materials Chemistry

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abstract = "Single crystals of Pr2Te4O11 have been grown through the reaction of Pr6O11 and TeO2 in a CsCl flux at 1123 K. This compound, which is isostructural with Nd2Te4O11 and Ho2Te4O11, crystallizes in space group C2/c of the monoclinic system with four formula units in a cell of dimensions at 153 K of a = 12.6880(6) {\AA}, b = 5.2361(3) {\AA}, c = 16.2920(8) {\AA}, β = 106.052(1)°, and V = 1040.17(9) {\AA}3. The three dimensional structure is made from the interconnection between ∞2[Pr2O1014-] and ∞2[Te4O116-] networks. Pr2Te4O11 is a Curie-Weiss paramagnetic with an effective magnetic moment of 3.59(2) μB. Optical diffuse reflectance spectroscopy shows typical 4f-4f optical transitions for Pr(III), in addition to a wide band gap of 3.65 eV.",

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