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Title: Magnetism in Mixed Valence, Defect, Cubic Perovskites: BaIn1–xFexO2.5+δ, x = 0.25, 0.50, and 0.75. Local and Average Structures

Abstract

The series BaIn1–xFexO2.5+δ, x = 0.25, 0.50, and 0.75, has been prepared under air-fired and argon-fired conditions and studied using X-ray diffraction, d.c. and a.c. susceptibility, Mössbauer spectroscopy, neutron diffraction, X-ray near edge absorption spectroscopy (XANES), and X-ray pair distribution (PDF) methods. While Ba2In2O5 (BaInO2.5) crystallizes in an ordered brownmillerite structure, Ibm2, and Ba2Fe2O5 (BaFeO2.5) crystallizes in a complex monoclinic structure, P21/c, showing seven Fe3+ sites with tetrahedral, square planar, and octahedral environments, all phases studied here crystallize in the cubic perovskite structure, Pm$$\bar{}3}$$m, with long-range disorder on the small cation and oxygen sites. 57Fe Mössbauer studies indicate a mixed valency, Fe4+/Fe3+, for both the air-fired and argon-fired samples. The increased Fe3+ content for the argon-fired samples is reflected in increased cubic cell constants and in the increased Mössbauer fraction. It appears that the Pm$$\bar{}3}$$m phases are only metastable when fired in argon. From a slightly modified percolation theory for a primitive cubic lattice (taking into account the presence of random O atom vacancies), long-range spin order is permitted for the x = 0.50 and 0.75 phases. Instead, the d.c. susceptibility shows only zero-field-cooled (ZFC) and field-cooled (FC) divergences at ~6 K [5 K] for x = 0.50 and at ~22 K [21 K] for x = 0.75, with values for the argon-fired samples in [ ]. Neutron diffraction data for the air-fired samples confirm the absence of long-range magnetic order at any studied temperature. For the air-fired x = 0.50, a.c. susceptibility data show a frequency-dependent χ'(max) and spin glass behavior, while for x = 0.75, χ'(max) is invariant with frequency, ruling out either a spin glass or a superparamagnetic ground state. These behaviors are discussed in terms of competing Fe3+–Fe3+ antiferromagnetic exchange and ferromagnetic Fe3+–Fe4+ exchange. The PDF and 57Fe Mössbauer data indicate a local structure at short interatomic distances, which deviates strongly from the average Pm$$\bar{}3}$$m model. Fe Mössbauer, PDF, and XANES data show a systematic dependence on x and indicate that the Fe3+ sites are largely fourfold-coordinated and Fe4+ sites are fivefold- or sixfold-coordinated.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [2];  [2];  [2]; ORCiD logo [3];  [4];  [1];  [5]; ORCiD logo [6]; ORCiD logo [2]
  1. Univ. de La Laguna, Tenerife (Spain)
  2. McMaster Univ., Hamilton, ON (Canada)
  3. Canadian Light Source, Saskatoon (Canada)
  4. McGill Univ., Montreal, QC (Canada)
  5. Canadian Neutron Beam Centre, Chalk River (Canada)
  6. Univ. of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK (Canada)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1778984
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1780622; OSTI ID: 1781741
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
ACS Omega
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 6; Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-1343
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
ENGLISH
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; Crystal structure; Magnetic properties; Order; Particulate matter; Quantum mechanics

Citation Formats

Lozano-Gorrín, Antonio D., Wright, Bradley, Dube, Paul A., Marjerrison, Casey A., Yuan, Fang, King, Graham, Ryan, Dominic H., Gonzalez-Silgo, Cristina, Cranswick, Lachlan D., Grosvenor, Andrew P., and Greedan, John E. Magnetism in Mixed Valence, Defect, Cubic Perovskites: BaIn1–xFexO2.5+δ, x = 0.25, 0.50, and 0.75. Local and Average Structures. United States: N. p., 2021. Web. doi:10.1021/acsomega.1c00416.
Lozano-Gorrín, Antonio D., Wright, Bradley, Dube, Paul A., Marjerrison, Casey A., Yuan, Fang, King, Graham, Ryan, Dominic H., Gonzalez-Silgo, Cristina, Cranswick, Lachlan D., Grosvenor, Andrew P., & Greedan, John E. Magnetism in Mixed Valence, Defect, Cubic Perovskites: BaIn1–xFexO2.5+δ, x = 0.25, 0.50, and 0.75. Local and Average Structures. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.1c00416
Lozano-Gorrín, Antonio D., Wright, Bradley, Dube, Paul A., Marjerrison, Casey A., Yuan, Fang, King, Graham, Ryan, Dominic H., Gonzalez-Silgo, Cristina, Cranswick, Lachlan D., Grosvenor, Andrew P., and Greedan, John E. Wed . "Magnetism in Mixed Valence, Defect, Cubic Perovskites: BaIn1–xFexO2.5+δ, x = 0.25, 0.50, and 0.75. Local and Average Structures". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.1c00416. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1778984.
@article{osti_1778984,
title = {Magnetism in Mixed Valence, Defect, Cubic Perovskites: BaIn1–xFexO2.5+δ, x = 0.25, 0.50, and 0.75. Local and Average Structures},
author = {Lozano-Gorrín, Antonio D. and Wright, Bradley and Dube, Paul A. and Marjerrison, Casey A. and Yuan, Fang and King, Graham and Ryan, Dominic H. and Gonzalez-Silgo, Cristina and Cranswick, Lachlan D. and Grosvenor, Andrew P. and Greedan, John E.},
abstractNote = {The series BaIn1–xFexO2.5+δ, x = 0.25, 0.50, and 0.75, has been prepared under air-fired and argon-fired conditions and studied using X-ray diffraction, d.c. and a.c. susceptibility, Mössbauer spectroscopy, neutron diffraction, X-ray near edge absorption spectroscopy (XANES), and X-ray pair distribution (PDF) methods. While Ba2In2O5 (BaInO2.5) crystallizes in an ordered brownmillerite structure, Ibm2, and Ba2Fe2O5 (BaFeO2.5) crystallizes in a complex monoclinic structure, P21/c, showing seven Fe3+ sites with tetrahedral, square planar, and octahedral environments, all phases studied here crystallize in the cubic perovskite structure, Pm$\bar{}3}$m, with long-range disorder on the small cation and oxygen sites. 57Fe Mössbauer studies indicate a mixed valency, Fe4+/Fe3+, for both the air-fired and argon-fired samples. The increased Fe3+ content for the argon-fired samples is reflected in increased cubic cell constants and in the increased Mössbauer fraction. It appears that the Pm$\bar{}3}$m phases are only metastable when fired in argon. From a slightly modified percolation theory for a primitive cubic lattice (taking into account the presence of random O atom vacancies), long-range spin order is permitted for the x = 0.50 and 0.75 phases. Instead, the d.c. susceptibility shows only zero-field-cooled (ZFC) and field-cooled (FC) divergences at ~6 K [5 K] for x = 0.50 and at ~22 K [21 K] for x = 0.75, with values for the argon-fired samples in [ ]. Neutron diffraction data for the air-fired samples confirm the absence of long-range magnetic order at any studied temperature. For the air-fired x = 0.50, a.c. susceptibility data show a frequency-dependent χ'(max) and spin glass behavior, while for x = 0.75, χ'(max) is invariant with frequency, ruling out either a spin glass or a superparamagnetic ground state. These behaviors are discussed in terms of competing Fe3+–Fe3+ antiferromagnetic exchange and ferromagnetic Fe3+–Fe4+ exchange. The PDF and 57Fe Mössbauer data indicate a local structure at short interatomic distances, which deviates strongly from the average Pm$\bar{}3}$m model. Fe Mössbauer, PDF, and XANES data show a systematic dependence on x and indicate that the Fe3+ sites are largely fourfold-coordinated and Fe4+ sites are fivefold- or sixfold-coordinated.},
doi = {10.1021/acsomega.1c00416},
journal = {ACS Omega},
number = 8,
volume = 6,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Feb 17 00:00:00 EST 2021},
month = {Wed Feb 17 00:00:00 EST 2021}
}

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