New Template-Free Layered Manganese(III) Phosphate: Hydrothermal Synthesis, Ab Initio Structural Determination, and Magnetic Properties
文摘
A new template-free layered manganese(III) phosphate, Na3MnH(P0.9O4)2, has been hydrothermally synthesized. The crystal structure was solved ab initio from powder X-ray diffraction data, and the model was confirmed using the Rietveld method. The material crystallizes in triclinic space group P1 (No. 2) with lattice parameters a = 5.2925(2) Å, b = 6.9004(3) Å, c = 5.2452(3) Å, α = 91.56(0)°, β = 116.95(0)°, γ = 90.5(0)°, and Z = 1. The structure consists of [Mn(P0.9O4)2]∞ layers composed of isolated MnO6 octahedra connected via corner-sharing asymmetric PO4 tetrahedra. The interconnection between the layers is assured by Na+ cations, which reside in the interlayered space. The system is paramagnetic above 50 K, with an effective paramagnetic moment of 4.85(3) μB, ascertaining the Mn3+ valence state of the Mn ions. Antiferromagnetic short-range-order effects are observed below 26.5 K.