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Published on: August 10, 2017
First experimental evidence of a new D4-AgCoO2 delafossite stacking
R Berthelot1, M Pollet, J-P Doumerc
1CNRS, Université de Bordeaux, ICMCB, 87 avenue du Dr. A. Schweitzer, 33608 F-Pessac, France.
Abstract:
A new polytype of AgCoO(2) delafossite has been prepared from the ordered OP4-(Li/Na)CoO(2) layered compound using ion-exchange reaction in molten salts. As expected from the structural model assuming a topotactic process, the lamellar structure of this new polytype is an alternate combination of the already known 2H and 3R delafossite polytypes. It crystallizes in the P6(3)/mmc space group with cell parameters a(hex.) = 2.871(1) Å and c(hex.) = 24.448(1) Å. Thermal stability, morphology characterization, and electrical properties are reported here and compared with those of the 2H and 3R AgCoO(2) polytypes.
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