New oxidation states and defect chemistry in the pyrochlore structure

Giles D. Blundred, Craig A. Bridges, Matthew J. Rosseinsky

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Abstract

Titanium(III) pyrochlores with TiIII centers at up to 90% of the B sites of the A2B2O6O′ pyrochlore structure (see picture; blue: BO6, green: A, red: O′), which is well-known for supporting high oxidation states at the octahedral B sites, were obtained by the low-temperature reduction of lanthanide pyrochlores Ln 2Ti2O7 with CaH2. This leads to significant rearrangement of the anion sublattice and introduces antisite disorder between the two distinct cation arrays.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3562-3565
Number of pages4
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume43
Issue number27
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 5 2004
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Lanthanides
  • Magnetic properties
  • Pyrochlore phases
  • Reduction
  • Titanium

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