Structural investigations of sol–gel-derived LiYF4 and LiGdF4 powders
| Autor: | Audrey Potdevin, S. Lepoutre, Rachid Mahiou, Damien Boyer, Valérie Briois, Marc Dubois |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Inorganic chemistry
chemistry.chemical_element Infrared spectroscopy Thermal treatment Condensed Matter Physics Electronic Optical and Magnetic Materials law.invention Inorganic Chemistry chemistry.chemical_compound symbols.namesake chemistry law Tetrafluoride Alkoxide Materials Chemistry Ceramics and Composites Fluorine symbols Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Crystallization Raman spectroscopy Sol-gel Nuclear chemistry |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Solid State Chemistry. 180:3049-3057 |
| ISSN: | 0022-4596 |
| Popis: | A soft synthesis route based on the sol–gel process was used for preparing rare-earth tetrafluoride powders from alkoxide precursors. In-situ fluorination was performed by decomposition of a fluorine containing organic compound named 1,1,1-trifluoro-5-methyl-2,4-hexanedione when sintering the as-prepared xerogel to produce crystallized samples. Both to insure complete departure of organic residues as well as to avoid any oxidation into oxyfluoride, annealing treatment was carried out under fluorine atmosphere. Free-oxygen content of resulting samples was evidenced by infrared and Raman spectroscopies. X-ray absorption spectroscopies (XAS) and 19F nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) studies showed that samples heat treated at 300 °C are already crystallized but for a full crystallization in LiGdF4 and LiYF4 a thermal treatment at 550 °C is needed. Temperature dependence of powder morphology was analyzed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). |
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