Synthesis and Crystal Structure of the Layered Lanthanide Oxychlorides Ba3Ln2O5Cl2

Tiglet Besara; Daniel C. Ramirez; Jifeng Sun; Nathaniel W. Falb; Wangwei Lan; Jennifer N. Neu; Jeffrey B. Whalen; David J. Singh; Theo Siegrist

doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b02265

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of the Layered Lanthanide Oxychlorides Ba₃Ln₂O₅Cl₂

Tiglet Besara, Daniel C. Ramirez, Jifeng Sun, Nathaniel W. Falb, Wangwei Lan, Jennifer N. Neu, Jeffrey B. Whalen, David J. Singh, Theo Siegrist

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Abstract

Single crystals of a new family of layered lanthanide oxychlorides, Ba₃Ln₂O₅Cl₂ (Ln = Gd-Lu), have been synthesized from a molten barium flux. This family crystallizes in the space group I4/mmm (No. 139; Z = 2) with lattice parameters a = 4.3384(1)-4.4541(1) Å and c = 24.5108(7)-24.8448(9) Å. Ba₃Ln₂O₅Cl₂ phases are built up of two different blocks: a perovskite double layer of stoichiometry Ba₂Ln₂O₅ formed by corner-connected LnO₅ tetragonal bipyramids and a puckered rock-salt-like interlayer of composition BaCl₂. A complete structural study along with bond-valence-sum calculations shows that, for lanthanides larger than gadolinium, the structure becomes unstable. Density functional theory calculations show that the valence-band edge is dominated by oxygen orbitals, whereas the conduction band forms from Ba 5d orbitals. The synthesis of this family suggests a route to other potential multianion phases.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1727-1734
Number of pages	8
Journal	Inorganic Chemistry
Volume	57
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b02265
State	Published - Feb 19 2018
Externally published	Yes

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A portion of this work was performed at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, which is supported by National Science Foundation Cooperative Agreement DMR-1157490 and the State of Florida. T.B., D.C.R., and T.S. acknowledge support from the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Division of Materials Sciences, under Award DE-SC0008832. Work at the University of Missouri was supported by the Department of Energy through the S3TEC Energy Frontier Research Center, Award DE-SC0001299.

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S3TEC Energy Frontier Research Center	DE-SC0001299
State of Florida
National Science Foundation	DMR-1157490
U.S. Department of Energy
Basic Energy Sciences
University of Missouri
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering	DE-SC0008832

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