Issue 1, 2017

Hard–soft chemistry of Sr1−xCaxCrO3–δ solid solutions

Abstract

Sr1−xCaxCrO3−δ (x = 0.25, 0.50, 0.75) solid solutions have been synthesised using the ‘hard–soft’ technique and structurally characterised. Sr1−xCaxCrO3 phases were prepared under ‘hard’ high pressure and high temperature synthesis and then reduced at ‘soft’ low temperature conditions. Analysis by powder X-ray diffraction and Rietveld refinements reveals that the reduction of each composition gives two crystalline products, with 6H and 15R structure types previously reported in SrCrO3−δ. analogues. These results demonstrate that the 6H and 15R structures are stable for very high calcium contents up to x = 0.75 in Sr1−xCaxCrO3−δ, although different structural motifs are observed for CaCrO3−δ. The Sr1−xCaxCrO3−δ phase diagram shows that the lower temperature for superstructure formation has a maximum near x = 0.5, evidencing an influence of Ca/Sr cation disorder on oxygen vacancy order.

Graphical abstract: Hard–soft chemistry of Sr1−xCaxCrO3–δ solid solutions

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Article information

Article type
Research Article
Submitted
22 Jul 2016
Accepted
22 Sep 2016
First published
30 Sep 2016

Mater. Chem. Front., 2017,1, 172-175

Hard–soft chemistry of Sr1−xCaxCrO3–δ solid solutions

A. M. Arevalo-Lopez, A. Srinath and J. P. Attfield, Mater. Chem. Front., 2017, 1, 172 DOI: 10.1039/C6QM00136J

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