文摘
A new polyborate Sr3BeB6O13 has been synthesized and grown by the traditional solid-state reaction method and spontaneous crystallization flux method. It crystallizes in orthorhombic space group Pnma (No. 62) with the following unit cell dimensions: a = 12.775(3) 脜, b = 10.029(2) 脜, c = 8.0453(16) 脜, and Z = 4. The crystal is characterized by an infinite two-dimensional network with a tri-six-membered ring (BeB5O13)9鈥?/sup> anionic group, which was first found in beryllium borates. Ultraviolet (UV)鈥搗isible鈥搉ear-infrared diffuse reflectance spectroscopy demonstrates that its UV cutoff edge is below 200 nm, and the first-principles electronic structure calculations reveal its energy band gap of 7.03 eV (175 nm). Thermal analysis exposes its incongruent feature at 1043 掳C. IR spectroscopy measurements are consistent with the crystallographic study. These data reveal that this crystal would be applied as a deep-ultraviolet optical material.