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Stefan Lange Institute of Inorganic Chemistry University of Regensburg. Variation of physical properties of silver(I) chalcogenide halides by modification of the anion substructure. NRW Graduate School of Chemistry, 25.–27.08.2004. Ag 5 Te 2 Cl: Structures.
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Stefan Lange Institute of Inorganic Chemistry University of Regensburg Variation of physical properties of silver(I) chalcogenide halides by modification of the anion substructure NRW Graduate School of Chemistry, 25.–27.08.2004
Ag5Te2Cl: Structures • Ag5Te2Cl is a trimorphic compound: -Ag5Te2Cl -Ag5Te2Cl -Ag5Te2Cl monoclinic (P 21/c) monoclinic (P 21/n) tetragonal (I 4/mcm) a=1935.9(1) pm a=1385.2(3) pm a=974.9(2) pm b=771.3(1) pm b=766.3(2) pm c=1953.3(1) pm c=1366.1(3) pm c=783.6(2) pm Z=16 Z=8 Z=4 =90.6(1)° =90.09(1)° (193 K) (298 K, powder XRD) (363 K, powder XRD) 334 K 241 K R. Blachnik, H. A. Dreisbach, J. Solid State Chem., (1985), 60, 115. Th. Doert, E. Rönsch, F. Schnieders, P. Böttcher, Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem., (2000), 626, 89-93. T. Nilges, S. Nilges, A. Pfitzner, Th. Doert, P. Böttcher, Chem. Mater., (2004), 16, 806-812.
Ag5Te2Cl: Structures Anion substructure: a b g • minor distortion of the anion sublattice upon phase transition a-b-g • description as alternating nets in projection along selected crystallographic axes: • 44 for Cl and 32434 for Te T. Nilges, S. Nilges, A. Pfitzner, Th. Doert, P. Böttcher, Chem. Mater., (2004), 16, 806-812.
Ag5Te2Cl: Structures Anion substructure: a b g • minor distortion of the anion sublattice upon phase transition a-b-g • description as alternating nets in projection along selected crystallographic axes: • 44 for Cl and 32434 for Te T. Nilges, S. Nilges, A. Pfitzner, Th. Doert, P. Böttcher, Chem. Mater., (2004), 16, 806-812.
Ag5Te2Cl: Structures Anion substructure: a b g
Ag5Q2X: Ag-coordination 4 different types of silver coordination in the b-phase: • Aga{1,2,3,4,5,8}: distorted tetrahedral coordination by 3 Te + 1 Cl • Aga{6,7}: distorted tetrahedral coordination by 2 Te + 2 Cl • Agb1: almost regular tetrahedral coordination by 4 Te • Agb2: trigonal-planar coordination by 3 Te [2+2] and [3+1] coordination [3+1] coordination
Ag5Q2X: Ag-coordination 4 different types of silver coordination in the b-phase: • Aga{1,2,3,4,5,8}: distorted tetrahedral coordination by 3 Te + 1 Cl • Aga{6,7}: distorted tetrahedral coordination by 2 Te + 2 Cl • Agb1: almost regular tetrahedral coordination by 4 Te • Agb2: trigonal-planar coordination by 3 Te [3] and [4] Te-coordination
Substitution of the anion sublattice Ag5Te2Cl
Substitution of the anion sublattice Ag5Te2Cl Te S Te Se Ag5Te2-ySyCl Ag5Te2-zSezCl y = 0 – 0.3 z = 0 – 0.7 T. Nilges, C. Dreher, A. Hezinger, Solid State Sci., in press.
Substitution of the anion sublattice Ag5Te2Cl Te S Cl Br Te Se Ag5Te2-ySyCl Ag5Te2Cl1-xBrx Ag5Te2-zSezCl y = 0 – 0.3 x = 0 – 0.65 z = 0 – 0.7 T. Nilges, C. Dreher, A. Hezinger, Solid State Sci., in press
Ag5Q2X: phase diagrams Ag5Te2Cl1-xBrx Ag5Te2-ySyCl
Ag5Q2X: cell volumes powder XRD at room temperature and 363 K linear increase of lattice constants and cell volumes with increasing degree of substitution for both Ag5Te2Cl1-xBrx and Ag5Te2-ySyCl a-type a-type b-type a-type Ag5Te2Cl1-xBrx Ag5Te2-ySyCl error bars are drawn for +/- 3 s
Ag5Q2X: electric conductivity • impedance spectroscopy from 30 °C – 200 °C, = 100 mHz – 4 MHz • slight increase of conductivity and activation energies with increasing x (Cl-Br-substitution) • comparable conductivities and activation energies for Te-S-substitution; stabilization of the HT-a-phase at room temperature
b-Ag5Te2Cl1-xBrx: diffusion pathways • Jpdf and opp-analysis of single crystal X-ray data • calculated activation barriers show same magnitude and trend as results from impedance spectroscopy Ag5Te2Cl isovalue 0.999 Ag5Te2Cl0.5Br0.5 isovalue 0.999
Acknowledgements • Dr. T. Nilges • Prof. Dr. A. Pfitzner • Prof. Dr. R. Pöttgen (University of Münster) • Dr. M. Zabel, Dr. M. Andratschke, S. Stempfhuber • D. Feil • all other members of the Pfitzner workgroup