A double holmium-silver sulfate was obtained for the first time.The temperature intervals for the formation and stability of the compound were determined by differential scanning calorimetry.The crystal structure of A...A double holmium-silver sulfate was obtained for the first time.The temperature intervals for the formation and stability of the compound were determined by differential scanning calorimetry.The crystal structure of AgHo(SO_(4))_(2)was determined by Rietveld method.The X-ray diffraction(XRD)analysis showed that the compound crystallizes in the monoclinic syngony,space group P2_1/m,with the unit cell parameters a=4.71751(4)A,b=6.84940(6)A and c=9.89528(9)A,β=95.1466(4)·,V=318.448(5)A^(3),Z=2,R_B=1.55%,T=303 K.Two types of sulfate tetrahedra were found in the structure,which significantly affected the spectral properties in the infrared range.In the temperature range of 143-703 K,a negative thermal expansion along the b direction accompanied by a positive thermal expansion along the a and c directions was observed.It was established that negative thermal expansion is the result of the deformation of sulfate tetrahedra,which is affected by the movement of holmium and silver atoms.The excitation in the blue spectral range(457.9 nm)produces a luminescence in light blue(489 nm),green(545 nm)and red(654 nm)spectral ranges,and the latter two were of comparable intensity that is favorable for WLED sources.The observed luminescent band distribution is ascribed to the specific crystal field at Ho^(3+)ion sites rather than a variation of radiationless probability.展开更多
基金the Russian Foundation for Basic Research(Nos.18-02-00754 and 18-32-20011)the National Scientific Foundations of China(No.11974360)+1 种基金the Russian Science Foundation(No.19-42-02003,in the part of conceptualization)Basic Project of the Ministry of Science of the Russian Federation in part of XRD,luminescent and Raman studies。
文摘A double holmium-silver sulfate was obtained for the first time.The temperature intervals for the formation and stability of the compound were determined by differential scanning calorimetry.The crystal structure of AgHo(SO_(4))_(2)was determined by Rietveld method.The X-ray diffraction(XRD)analysis showed that the compound crystallizes in the monoclinic syngony,space group P2_1/m,with the unit cell parameters a=4.71751(4)A,b=6.84940(6)A and c=9.89528(9)A,β=95.1466(4)·,V=318.448(5)A^(3),Z=2,R_B=1.55%,T=303 K.Two types of sulfate tetrahedra were found in the structure,which significantly affected the spectral properties in the infrared range.In the temperature range of 143-703 K,a negative thermal expansion along the b direction accompanied by a positive thermal expansion along the a and c directions was observed.It was established that negative thermal expansion is the result of the deformation of sulfate tetrahedra,which is affected by the movement of holmium and silver atoms.The excitation in the blue spectral range(457.9 nm)produces a luminescence in light blue(489 nm),green(545 nm)and red(654 nm)spectral ranges,and the latter two were of comparable intensity that is favorable for WLED sources.The observed luminescent band distribution is ascribed to the specific crystal field at Ho^(3+)ion sites rather than a variation of radiationless probability.