Transformation of scheelite M2MoTiO8 (M = Eu, Gd, Dy, Y) and zircon MVO4 (M = Ce, Sm, Gd, Dy) oxides to fluorite oxynitrides and perovskite oxides under mild ammonolysis conditions

Autor: Neha Bhardwaj, Sitharaman Uma, Vidhu Malik
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Solid State Sciences. 89:114-120
ISSN: 1293-2558
DOI: 10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2018.12.013
Popis: Anion-deficient fluorite oxynitrides, M2MoTiO5-xN2+x-δ (M = Eu, Gd, Dy, Y; x = 0.0–0.2; δ (anion vacancies) = 0.2–0.4) have been synthesized by the reaction of single phase scheelite, M2MoTiO8 precursors with nitrogen enriched ammonia gas at 800–850 °C. The oxynitrides were characterized by elemental analysis, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), magnetic susceptibility and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) measurements. The results suggested that the products crystallizing in fluorite structure with an average oxidation state of Mo varying between 5.5 and 5.8 without any change in Ti4+ state. Similar attempts to react MVO4 (M = Ce, Sm, Gd, Dy), zircon oxides resulted only in V3+ containing perovskite (MVO3) oxides. The extent of nitrogen incorporation to form oxynitrides varies depending upon the stabilization of oxides in lower oxidation states.
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