TY - JOUR

T1 - Tetragonal Stoichiometric Yttrium Diselenide

AU - Podberezskaya, N. V.

AU - Komarov, V. Yu

AU - Nikolaev, R. E.

AU - Chusova, T. P.

AU - Zelenina, L. N.

AU - Kuchumov, B. M.

AU - Korol’kov, I. V.

PY - 2019/1/1

Y1 - 2019/1/1

N2 - By powder X-ray diffraction, energy dispersive microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and X-ray crystallographic analysis a secondary phase obtained in the synthesis of sesquilateral yttrium selenide is studied. Results of micro- and spectroscopic techniques show that the composition of crystals is close in the ratio of components to Y:Se ∼1:2, the character of the Raman spectrum clearly indicating the stoichiometric composition of the studied crystal. Positions of strong diffraction reflections obtained from a single crystal are indexed in the unit cell with parameters a = 4.0132(6) Å, b = 4.0061(6) Å, c = 8.2576(19) Å, whose symmetry can be considered tetragonal within the systematic error of the method. Experimental material for the X-ray crystallographic analysis is obtained on an automated Bruker DUO diffractometer with MoK α radiation. The average structure is solved in the tetragonal symmetry (space group P4/nmm, a = 4.0141(6) Å, c = 8.267(2) Å, V = 133.21(4) Å 3 ). In the experimental frames weak superstructural peaks are observed, which evidence a possible increase in unit cell parameters in accordance with the matrix 400/030/002 and the maintenance of the character of structure modulation described for the non-stoichiometric YSe 2−x (x = 0.15) sample.

AB - By powder X-ray diffraction, energy dispersive microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and X-ray crystallographic analysis a secondary phase obtained in the synthesis of sesquilateral yttrium selenide is studied. Results of micro- and spectroscopic techniques show that the composition of crystals is close in the ratio of components to Y:Se ∼1:2, the character of the Raman spectrum clearly indicating the stoichiometric composition of the studied crystal. Positions of strong diffraction reflections obtained from a single crystal are indexed in the unit cell with parameters a = 4.0132(6) Å, b = 4.0061(6) Å, c = 8.2576(19) Å, whose symmetry can be considered tetragonal within the systematic error of the method. Experimental material for the X-ray crystallographic analysis is obtained on an automated Bruker DUO diffractometer with MoK α radiation. The average structure is solved in the tetragonal symmetry (space group P4/nmm, a = 4.0141(6) Å, c = 8.267(2) Å, V = 133.21(4) Å 3 ). In the experimental frames weak superstructural peaks are observed, which evidence a possible increase in unit cell parameters in accordance with the matrix 400/030/002 and the maintenance of the character of structure modulation described for the non-stoichiometric YSe 2−x (x = 0.15) sample.

KW - synthesis of sesquilateral REE selenides

KW - X-ray crystallographic analysis

KW - yttrium polyselenides

KW - EARTH

KW - HIGH-PRESSURE SYNTHESIS

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85064945929&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1134/S0022476619010128

DO - 10.1134/S0022476619010128

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85064945929

VL - 60

SP - 92

EP - 98

JO - Journal of Structural Chemistry

JF - Journal of Structural Chemistry

SN - 0022-4766

IS - 1

ER -