One-Pot Hydrothermal Synthesis of TbIII13(GeO4)6O7(OH) and K2TbIVGe2O7: Preparation of a Stable Terbium(4+) Complex

  • Kyle Fulle
  • , Liurukara D. Sanjeewa
  • , Colin D. McMillen
  • , Yimei Wen
  • , Apeksha C. Rajamanthrilage
  • , Jeffrey N. Anker
  • , George Chumanov
  • , Joseph W. Kolis

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Abstract

Two terbium germanates have been synthesized via high-temperature and high-pressure hydrothermal synthesis with 20 M KOH as a mineralizer using Tb4O7 as a starting material. Tb13(GeO4)6O7(OH) crystallizes in trigonal space group R3̅, is built up of isolated GeO4 units, and contains a complex arrangement of terbium oxide polyhedra. K2TbGe2O7 is a terbium(4+) pyrogermanate that is isostructural with K2ZrGe2O7 and displays a rare stable Tb4+ oxidation state in the solid state.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6044-6047
Number of pages4
JournalInorganic Chemistry
Volume56
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 5 2017
Externally publishedYes

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