Short-range structure of the brownmillerite-type oxide Ba2In2O5 and its hydrated proton-conducting form BaInO3H
Journal article, 2014

The vibrational spectra and short-range structure of the brownmillerite-type oxide Ba2In2O6 and its hydrated form BaInO3H, are investigated by means of Raman, infrared, and inelastic neutron scattering spectroscopies together with density functional theory calculations. For Ba2In2O6, which may be described as an oxygen deficient perovskite structure with alternating layers of InO6 octahedra and InO4 tetrahedra, the results affirm a short-range structure of Icmm symmetry, which is characterized by random orientation of successive layers of InO4 tetrahedra. For the hydrated, proton conducting, form, BaInO3H, the results suggest that the short-range structure is more complicated than the P4/mbm symmetry that has been proposed previously on the basis of neutron diffraction, but rather suggest a proton configuration close to the lowest energy structure predicted by Martinez et al. [J.-R. Martinez, C. E. Moen, S. Stoelen, N. L. Allan, J. Solid State Chem., 180, 3388, (2007)]. An intense Raman active vibration at 150 cm(-1) is identified as a unique fingerprint of this proton configuration.

Author

Johan Bielecki

Uppsala University

Chalmers, Applied Physics, Condensed Matter Physics

S. F. Parker

STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

Dharshani Ekanayake

Chalmers, Applied Physics, Condensed Matter Physics

Seikh Mohammad Habibur Rahman

Chalmers, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Environmental Inorganic Chemistry

Lars Börjesson

Chalmers, Applied Physics, Condensed Matter Physics

Maths Karlsson

Chalmers, Applied Physics, Condensed Matter Physics

Journal of Materials Chemistry A

20507488 (ISSN) 20507496 (eISSN)

Vol. 2 40 16915-16924

Subject Categories

Physical Chemistry

DOI

10.1039/c4ta03213f

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