Infinitely Adaptive Transition-Metal Ordering in Ln2O2MSe2-Type Oxychalcogenides

Chris M. Ainsworth, Chun Hai Wang, Hannah E. Johnston, Emma E. Mccabe, Matthew G. Tucker, Helen E.A. Brand, John S.O. Evans

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Abstract

A number of Ln2O2MSe2 (Ln = La and Ce; M = Fe, Zn, Mn, and Cd) compounds, built from alternating layers of fluorite-like [Ln2O2]2+ sheets and antifluorite-like [MSe2]2- sheets, have recently been reported in the literatures. The available MSe4/2 tetrahedral sites are half-occupied, and different compositions display different ordering patterns: [MSe2]2- layers contain MSe4/2 tetrahedra that are exclusively edge-sharing (stripe-like), exclusively corner-sharing (checkerboard-like), or mixtures of both. This paper reports 60 new compositions in this family. We reveal that the transition-metal arrangement can be systematically controlled by either Ln or M doping, leading to an "infinitely adaptive" structural family. We show how this is achieved in La2O2Fe1-xZnxSe2, La2O2Zn1-xMnxSe2, La2O2Mn1-xCdxSe2, Ce2O2Fe1-xZnxSe2, Ce2O2Zn1-xMnxSe2, Ce2O2Mn1-xCdxSe2, La2-yCeyO2FeSe2, La2-yCeyO2ZnSe2, La2-yCeyO2MnSe2, and La2-yCeyO2CdSe2 solid solutions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7230-7238
Number of pages9
JournalInorganic Chemistry
Volume54
Issue number15
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 3 2015
Externally publishedYes

Funding

FundersFunder number
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research CouncilEP/F066422/1, EP/J011533/1

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