Synthesis, structure, and magnetic properties of the NaCoXO4F·2H2O phases where X = S and Se

B C Melot; J-N Chotard; G Rousse; M Ati; M Reynaud; J-M Tarascon

doi:10.1021/ic200700r

Synthesis, structure, and magnetic properties of the NaCoXO4F·2H2O phases where X = S and Se

Inorg Chem. 2011 Aug 15;50(16):7662-8. doi: 10.1021/ic200700r. Epub 2011 Jul 12.

Authors

B C Melot¹, J-N Chotard, G Rousse, M Ati, M Reynaud, J-M Tarascon

Affiliation

¹ Laboratoire de Réactivité et Chimie des Solides, CNRS UMR 6007, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, 33 Rue Saint-Leu, 80039 Amiens, France.

PMID: 21749085
DOI: 10.1021/ic200700r

Abstract

A novel hydrated fluoroselenate NaCoSeO(4)F·2H(2)O has been synthesized, and its structure determined. Like its sulfate homologue, NaCoSO(4)F·2H(2)O, the structure contains one-dimensional chains of corner-sharing MO(4)F(2) octahedra linked together through F atoms sitting in a trans configuration with respect to each other. The magnetic properties of the two phases have been investigated using powder neutron diffraction and susceptibility measurements which indicate antiferromagnetic ordering along the length of the chains and result in a G-type antiferromagnetic ground state. Both compounds exhibit a Néel temperature near 4 K, and undergo a field-induced magnetic phase transition in fields greater than 3 kOe.