Observation of Anion Order in Pb2Ti4O9F2

Inorg Chem. 2015 Nov 2;54(21):10239-42. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b01496. Epub 2015 Oct 20.

Abstract

The observation of anion order is indispensable for the investigation of oxyfluorides. However, the negligible contrast between O(2-) and F(-) in both X-ray and neutron diffraction obscures the distinct anion sites for Rietveld refinement. Therefore, the difference in the chemical bonding of M-O(2-) and M-F(-) is the key to determining anion order. In this study, bond-valence-sum calculations and determination of the electron density distribution by the maximum entropy method illustrated anion order in the newly synthesized oxyfluoride Pb2Ti4O9F2. These results demonstrate a promising method to determine anion order in mixed anion systems.