Synthesis, crystal structure and electronic properties of the new iron selenide Ba{sub 9}Fe{sub 4}Se{sub 16}
The new ternary selenide Ba{sub 9}Fe{sub 4}Se{sub 16} has been synthesized from the reaction of appropriate amounts of elements at high temperature in a silica sealed tube. The compound crystallizes in the tetragonal space group I4{sub 1}/a with a=10.0068(3) Å and c=35.6415(9) Å, Z=4. It is an isostructural compound to the sulfide α-Ba{sub 9}Fe{sub 4}S{sub 15}, which is a high temperature polymorph of β-Ba{sub 9}Fe{sub 4}Se{sub 15} that belongs to the indefinitely adaptive phases series Ba{sub 3}Fe{sub 1+x}S{sub 5}, 0≤x≤1. X-ray powder diffraction and TEM analyses of the synthesized compound were used to determine the phase composition and the structure. The crystal structure can be viewed as overlapping sections along the c axis. Those sections are formed by the coordination polyhedra around barium atoms which can be described as trigonal prisms and bidisphenoids. Within the sections formed by barium polyhedra, isolated pairs of edge sharing FeSe{sub 4} tetrahedra are found. Magnetic measurements performed on Ba{sub 9}Fe{sub 4}Se{sub 16} indicate an antiferromagnetic behavior with Néel temperature of ∼13 K. Possible influence of air exposure on the magnetic properties is also discussed here. The electric measurements show an insulating behavior below 160 K and the dielectric permittivity and loss tangent at the lowest frequency measured reveal a change of slope very close to T{sub N}. However no magneto dielectric effect was evidenced for magnetic fields of up to 3 T. Activation energy, E{sub A}=0.18 eV, was extracted from the AC conductivity plot in the temperature range of 160–300 K. -- Graphical abstract: Experimental electron diffraction (ED) patterns of Ba{sub 9}Fe{sub 4}Se{sub 16} recorded along a-[010]. Highlights: • A new iron selenide material. • A structure resolution by combination of XRD and TEM. • Magnetic properties of the new compound Ba{sub 9}Fe{sub 4}Se{sub 16} are discussed.
- OSTI ID:
- 22275864
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Solid State Chemistry, Vol. 211, Issue Complete; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2014 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0022-4596
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ORGANIC
PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
ACTIVATION ENERGY
ANTIFERROMAGNETISM
BARIUM
DIELECTRIC MATERIALS
ELECTRON DIFFRACTION
IRON
IRON SELENIDES
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MAGNETIC PROPERTIES
PERMITTIVITY
SILICA
SPACE GROUPS
SYNTHESIS
TEMPERATURE RANGE 0400-1000 K
TETRAGONAL LATTICES
TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
X-RAY DIFFRACTION