Interplay of Crystal Structure and Magnetic Properties of the Eu5.08-xSrxAl3Sb6 Solid Solution

Garay, Luis; Gonzalez Jimenez, Jose L.; Fettinger, James C.; Gunther, S. Olivia; Branson, Jacob A.; Minasian, Stefan G.; Xie, Weiwei; Kauzlarich, Susan M.

doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c04927

Title: Interplay of Crystal Structure and Magnetic Properties of the Eu_5.08-xSr_xAl₃Sb₆ Solid Solution

Journal Article · 24 February 2025 · Inorganic Chemistry

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c04927 · OSTI ID:2530923

Garay, Luis ^[1]; Gonzalez Jimenez, Jose L. ^[2];

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University of California, Davis, CA (United States)
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (United States)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); University of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)

Zintl phases containing rare-earth metals have gained attention due to their magnetic, electronic, and thermoelectric properties. Eu_5.08Al₃Sb₆ is a new structure type (monoclinic space group C2/m) that can be described as a pseudorock-salt EuSb motif with the Eu-centered Sb octahedra at the origin of the unit cell, and on the C-face center, containing either Eu (8%) or an Al₄ tetrahedron modeled as a dual tetrahedron (37.5%). The complete solid solution of Eu_5.08–xSr_xAl₃Sb₆ can be prepared; however, the cation totals vacillate from 5 to 5.24 depending on the Al content. Al K-edge XANES shows a shift to higher energy relative to the Al metal but at slightly lower energy relative to AlSb, indicating an intermediate oxidation state closer to +3 than 0. The lack of an Al K-edge shift with the incorporation of Sr suggests that changes in Sr content do not have a meaningful impact on the electronics of the Al tetrahedra. Investigation of the solid solution structures provides evidence for classifying this structure type as a polar intermetallic phase with variable composition. Magnetization measurements were collected for the solid solution and show complex magnetic ordering with competing ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic interactions as the Sr content increases.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); University of California, Davis, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division (CSGB); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities (SUF)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 2530923

Journal Information:: Inorganic Chemistry, Journal Name: Inorganic Chemistry Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 64; ISSN 0020-1669

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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