The structure and luminescent properties of Mn05Zr2(PO4)(3)

Citation
A. Mouline et al., The structure and luminescent properties of Mn05Zr2(PO4)(3), MATER RES B, 35(6), 2000, pp. 899-908
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Material Science & Engineering
Journal title
MATERIALS RESEARCH BULLETIN
ISSN journal
00255408 → ACNP
Volume
35
Issue
6
Year of publication
2000
Pages
899 - 908
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-5408(20000401)35:6<899:TSALPO>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
The phosphate Mn0.5Zr2(PO4)(3) can be obtained at high temperature (1400 de grees C). It crystallizes in the rhombohedral system (space group R (3) ove r bar) with parameters a(h) = 8.85(1) and c(h) = 21.80(5) Angstrom in the e quivalent hexagonal cell. Its structure, determined by the Rietveld method, is typical of the Nasicon-type arrangement with a partial occupation of th e two M(1) sites [(3a) and (3b)] generated by the space group. The magnetic and luminescent properties are consistent with the crystallographic data a nd give evidence of the existence of a small amount of Mn3+ in such as-prep ared samples, the actual composition being Mn2+ Mn-0.5-x(3+) Zr-2x/3(2)(PO4 )(3) With x congruent to 0.03. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights re served.