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Title: Structure, electronic and magnetic characterization, and calculated electronic structures of two oxyhalide hexagonal perovskites

Abstract

Herein we report the crystal structures, initial magnetic and charge transport characterization, and calculated electronic structures of the hexagonal oxyhalide perovskites, Ba7 Ru4 O15 Cl2 and Ba7 Ru4 O15 Br2. The experimental information is obtained through the study of single crystals. Face-sharing Ru O6 octahedra form Ru2 O9 dimers in a layered triangular geometry in these materials; minor amounts of off-magnetic-site structural disorder are present in our crystals. Both are magnetically isotropic, with 2.5 μB/mol-Ru, Curie-Weiss theta –185 K, and 2.9 μB/mol-Ru, Curie-Weiss theta –168 K, respectively. Broad features in the magnetic susceptibility and heat capacity associated with magnetic ordering (at 35 and 37 K, respectively) are observed. The charge transport band gaps are 0.03 eV for the oxychloride and 0.006 eV for the oxybromide. There is no gap at the Fermi level for either of these compounds in density-functional theory electronic structure calculations.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [1];  [1]
  1. Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1980330
Grant/Contract Number:  
FG02-98ER45706
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review Materials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 5; Journal Issue: 10; Journal ID: ISSN 2475-9953
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Materials Science; Hexagonal oxyhalide perovskite; face-sharing octahedra; magnetic ruthenates; short-range ordering; DFT calculations

Citation Formats

Nguyen, L. T., Gui, X., Mitchell Warden, H. E., and Cava, R. J. Structure, electronic and magnetic characterization, and calculated electronic structures of two oxyhalide hexagonal perovskites. United States: N. p., 2021. Web. doi:10.1103/physrevmaterials.5.104408.
Nguyen, L. T., Gui, X., Mitchell Warden, H. E., & Cava, R. J. Structure, electronic and magnetic characterization, and calculated electronic structures of two oxyhalide hexagonal perovskites. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevmaterials.5.104408
Nguyen, L. T., Gui, X., Mitchell Warden, H. E., and Cava, R. J. Tue . "Structure, electronic and magnetic characterization, and calculated electronic structures of two oxyhalide hexagonal perovskites". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevmaterials.5.104408. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1980330.
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author = {Nguyen, L. T. and Gui, X. and Mitchell Warden, H. E. and Cava, R. J.},
abstractNote = {Herein we report the crystal structures, initial magnetic and charge transport characterization, and calculated electronic structures of the hexagonal oxyhalide perovskites, Ba7 Ru4 O15 Cl2 and Ba7 Ru4 O15 Br2. The experimental information is obtained through the study of single crystals. Face-sharing Ru O6 octahedra form Ru2 O9 dimers in a layered triangular geometry in these materials; minor amounts of off-magnetic-site structural disorder are present in our crystals. Both are magnetically isotropic, with 2.5 μB/mol-Ru, Curie-Weiss theta –185 K, and 2.9 μB/mol-Ru, Curie-Weiss theta –168 K, respectively. Broad features in the magnetic susceptibility and heat capacity associated with magnetic ordering (at 35 and 37 K, respectively) are observed. The charge transport band gaps are 0.03 eV for the oxychloride and 0.006 eV for the oxybromide. There is no gap at the Fermi level for either of these compounds in density-functional theory electronic structure calculations.},
doi = {10.1103/physrevmaterials.5.104408},
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number = 10,
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Oct 19 00:00:00 EDT 2021},
month = {Tue Oct 19 00:00:00 EDT 2021}
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