A TEM, XRD, and crystal chemical investigation of oxygen/vacancy ordering in (Ba1-xLax)2In2O5+x, 0≤x≤0.6
Liu Yun; Withers, Ray L.; Gerald, John Fitz, E-mail: withers@rsc.anu.edu.au2003
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[en] A careful TEM and XRD study of the (Ba1-xLax)2In2O5+x, 0≤x≤0.6, 'defect-perovskite'-type solid solution has been carried out. A well-defined structural phase transition is shown to occur between x=0.1 and 0.2 from the orthorhombic brownmillerite structure type on the low x side to a multiple twinned, tetragonal 1x1x2 perovskite-related superstructure phase on the high x side at x=0.2. This phase transition correlates with an important phase transition previously observed in electrical conductivity versus temperature measurements. The existence of additional satellite reflections close to the G±((1)/(2)) <001>p* regions of reciprocal space was found to be typical of all (Ba1-xLax)2In2O5+x specimens, although their intensity relative to the parent Bragg reflections systematically reduces as x increases. As x increases beyond 0.2, the G±((1)/(2)) <001>p*-type satellite reflections initially become weaker and rather more diffuse for x=0.3 before splitting into pairs of rather weak and somewhat diffuse incommensurate satellite reflections for x=0.4 and beyond. An interpretation in terms of oxygen vacancy ordering and associated structural relaxation is given. Additional structured diffuse scattering is also observed and a tentative explanation in terms of Ba/La ordering and associated local strain distortions put forward
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S0022459602001159; Copyright (c) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
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