Construction of copper halide networks within layered perovskites. Syntheses and characterization of new
T A Kodenkandath1, A S Kumbhar, W L Zhou
1Department of Chemistry and Advanced Materials Research Institute, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana 70148-2820, USA.
Abstract:
The construction of two-dimensional (2D) copper halide networks within a variety of perovskite hosts by a low-temperature topochemical method is demonstrated. Ion exchange between some layered perovskite oxides of the type A'[An - 1(M,M')nO3n + 1] (A' = alkali metal, H, NH4; A = alkaline earth, rare earth, or Bi; M,M' = Nb, Ta, Ti; n = 2, 3) with CuX2 (X = Cl, Br) results in the oxyhalides (CuX)[An - 1(M,M')nO3n + 1]. Rietveld refinements from X-ray powder diffraction data show that the structures of these new copper oxyhalides contain edge-sharing CuO2X4 octahedra sandwiched between the M/M'O6 octahedra of the perovskite slabs. The compounds are low-temperature phases that decompose well below 700 degrees C. The copper oxyhalides exhibit antiferromagnetic ordering resulting from the magnetic exchange interactions within the planar Cu-X networks.
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