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Title: TIMo/sub 2/ /SUP IV/ P/sub 3/O/sub 12/: a molybdenophosphate with a tunnel structure

Journal Article · · J. Solid State Chem.; (United States)

A molybdenophosphate, TIMo/sub 2/ /SUP IV/ P/sub 3/O/sub 12/, with an original tunnel structure, has been isolated. Its structure has been determined by X-ray diffraction on a single crystal. It crystallizes in the orthorhombic system with a = 8.836(1), b = 9.255(1), c = 12.288(1) A, possible space groups Pbcm and Pbc2/sub 1/ with /ZETA/ = 4. The structure was solved and refined in the centrosymmetric space group Pbcm. The host lattice ''Mo/sub 3/P/sub 3/O/sub 12/'' is built up from corner-sharing octahedra and tetrahedra and forms tunnels running along the b axis and cages where the TI+ ions are located. The relationships of this framework wit that of the phosphate tungsten bronze CsP/sub 8/W/sub 8/O/sub 40/ and that of the hexagonal tungsten bronze are discussed.

Research Organization:
Laboratoire de Cristallographie, Chimie et Physique des Solides, ISMRa-Universite, Caen
OSTI ID:
5953526
Journal Information:
J. Solid State Chem.; (United States), Vol. 59:3
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English