Materials Research Bulletin, Vol.47, No.5, 1197-1203, 2012
X-ray powder diffraction, vibration and thermal studies of [A(0.92)(NH4)(0.08)](2)TeCl4Br2 with A = Cs, Rb: Influence of mixed cationic and anionic substitutions
The crystal structures of [A(0.92)(NH4)(0.08)](2)TeCl4Br2 with A = Cs, Rb have been determined using X-ray powder diffraction techniques. The two compounds crystallize in the tetragonal space group P4/mnc, with the unit cell parameters: a = 7.452(1) angstrom, c = 10.544(3) angstrom, Z = 2 and a = 7.315(2) angstrom, c = 10.354(4) angstrom, Z = 2 in the presence of Cs and Rb, respectively. These two compounds have an antifluorite-type arrangement of NH4+/Rb+/Cs+ and octahedral TeCl4Br22- anions. The stability of these structure is by ionic and hydrogen bonding contacts: A center dot center dot center dot Cl, A center dot center dot center dot Br and N-H center dot center dot center dot Cl, N-H center dot center dot center dot Br. The different vibrational modes of these powders were analysed by FTIR and Raman spectroscopic studies. A DTA/TGA experiment reveals one endothermic peak at 780 K implicating the decomposition of the sample. At low temperature, one endothermic peak in thermal behavior is detected at around 213 K by DSC experiment. This transition was confirmed by dielectric measurements. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Keywords:Inorganic compounds;Dielectric properties;X-ray diffraction;Raman spectroscopy;Crystal structure