As part of our systematic research on the acentric rare earth chalcogenides, the ErAlGeS5/KBr, Er3AgGeS7/KBr and Er6Ge3S14/KBr systems were investigated and three compounds belonging to the R6B2C2Q14 （R = rare earth,...As part of our systematic research on the acentric rare earth chalcogenides, the ErAlGeS5/KBr, Er3AgGeS7/KBr and Er6Ge3S14/KBr systems were investigated and three compounds belonging to the R6B2C2Q14 （R = rare earth, B = 6-coordinated element, C = 4-coordinated element, Q = S and Se） family were identified. These compounds crystallize in the P63 space group, and the crystal data are as follows： Er3Ge1/4GeS7, a = 9.6480（14）, c = 5.7920（12） A^°, Z = 2; Er3Ge0.382（8）GeS7, a = 9.6360（14）, c = 5.8460（12） A^°, Z = 2; Er3Ge1/2GeS7, a = 9.6061（13）, c = 5.8346（18）A^°, Z = 2. Single-crystal analysis indicated that the Er3GexGeS7 （x = 1/4, 0.382（8）, 1/2） structures consist of three types of building blocks： ErS7, GeS4 and GeS6 units. Er3MxGeS7 are deficient compounds with the B sites occupied partly by Ge（Ⅳ） and/or Ge（Ⅱ）.展开更多
基金Supported by the NSFC (20871115)the NSF of Fujian Province (2007J0173)+1 种基金the NSF of CAS (KJCX2.YW. M10)the 973 Program (2007CB936703)
文摘As part of our systematic research on the acentric rare earth chalcogenides, the ErAlGeS5/KBr, Er3AgGeS7/KBr and Er6Ge3S14/KBr systems were investigated and three compounds belonging to the R6B2C2Q14 （R = rare earth, B = 6-coordinated element, C = 4-coordinated element, Q = S and Se） family were identified. These compounds crystallize in the P63 space group, and the crystal data are as follows： Er3Ge1/4GeS7, a = 9.6480（14）, c = 5.7920（12） A^°, Z = 2; Er3Ge0.382（8）GeS7, a = 9.6360（14）, c = 5.8460（12） A^°, Z = 2; Er3Ge1/2GeS7, a = 9.6061（13）, c = 5.8346（18）A^°, Z = 2. Single-crystal analysis indicated that the Er3GexGeS7 （x = 1/4, 0.382（8）, 1/2） structures consist of three types of building blocks： ErS7, GeS4 and GeS6 units. Er3MxGeS7 are deficient compounds with the B sites occupied partly by Ge（Ⅳ） and/or Ge（Ⅱ）.
