Synthesis and Crystal Structure Determination of Ag9FeS4.1Te1.9, the First Example of an Iron Containing Argyrodite

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• 作者：Dominik Frank ; Birgit Gerke ; Matthias Eul ; Rainer P枚ttgen ; Arno Pfitzner
• 刊名：Chemistry of Materials
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：June 11, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：25
• 期：11
• 页码：2339-2345
• 全文大小：393K
• 年卷期：v.25,no.11(June 11, 2013)
• ISSN：1520-5002

文摘

Ag₉FeS_4.1Te_1.9 was prepared by solid state synthesis from stoichiometric amounts of the elements at 873 K. The compound forms gray crystals which are stable against air and moisture. The crystal structure was determined by X-ray diffraction from selected single crystals. Ag₉FeS_4.1Te_1.9 crystallizes in the space group F4̅3m, a = 11.0415(7) 脜, V = 1346.1(1) 脜³, and Z = 4 (powder data at 293 K). The compound shows a reversible phase transition upon cooling to the space group P2₁3, a = 11.0213(1) 脜, V = 1338.75(2) 脜³, and Z = 4 (single crystal data at 200 K). The title compound is the first example of an iron containing argyrodite-type material with Fe³⁺ located in tetrahedral sites. Silver atoms are disordered at room temperature which was taken into account by nonharmonic refinement of the silver positions. The refinement converged to R₁ = 3.51% and wR₂ = 10.66% for the room temperature measurement and to R₁ = 1.55% and wR₂= 5.23% for the 200 K data set (all data). Impedance measurements were performed in the temperature range from 323 to 473 K. Ionic conductivity values are 1.81 脳 10^鈥? S cm^鈥? at 323 K and 1.41 脳 10^鈥? S cm^鈥? at 468 K. The activation energy is 0.19 eV from 323 to 423 K and 0.06 eV from 393 to 473 K. DTA measurements reveal congruent melting at 907 K. A phase transition temperature of 232 K with an enthalpy of 7.9 kJ/mol was determined by DSC measurements. ⁵⁷Fe M枚ssbauer spectra show one signal at 298 K and a doublet at 78 K, indicating Fe³⁺ and structural distortions upon cooling the samples. Hyperfine field splitting of iron is observed at 5 K. Measurements of the molar susceptibility revealed that the compound is paramagnetic down to a N茅el temperature of T_N = 22.1(5) K. Antiferromagnetic ordering is observed at lower temperatures.

Keywords:

argyrodite; ion conductor; nonharmonic refinement; M枚ssbauer spectroscopy; magnetism