Verbindungen A3M5 (A = Erdalkalimetall,M = Triel/Tetrel): Eine Fallstudie zur strukturellen und elektronischen Stabilität polarer intermetallischer Phasen |
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Authors: | Michael Rhode Marco Wendorff Caroline Rhr |
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Institution: | Michael Rhode,Marco Wendorff,Caroline Röhr |
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Abstract: | Compounds A3M5 (A = alkaline earth, M = triel/tetrel): A Case Study on Structural and Electronic Factors Stabilizing Polar Intermetallics Starting from the non electron precise binary compounds Ca3Ga5/Sr3In5 (Hf3Ni2Si3 type) and Ba3Al5 at one hand and Ba3Pb5 (Pu3Pd5 type) at the other hand, a series of new ternary intermetallics of the general formula A3M5 (A: alkaline earth, M: triel/tetrel) has been synthesized, structurally characterized and studied by band structure calculations. The chemical substitution of M in A3M5 allows, via the continous variation of the radius ratio (rA:rM) and the valence electron number (VE/M) the detection of the geometrically and electronically determined stability ranges of the three structure types formed by the binary compounds. At values of rA:rM between 1.30 and 1.52 in the triel rich region of A3M′xM″5?x the Hf3Ni2Si3 type (orthorhombic, space group Cmcm) is formed: In Ca3Ga5 up to 1.8 Ga can be substituted by Al, in Sr3In5 similar amount of In can be replaced by either Al or Ga. The mixed trielide Sr3Al2.6Ga2.4 (a = 468.4(1), b = 1132.5(1), c = 1570.0(2) pm, R1 = 0.0261) can be obtained, although both corresponding binary phases are not known. At larger values of the ratio rA/rM as in Ba3Al3Ga2 (Ba3Al5 type, hexagonal, space group P63/mmc, a = 598.9(1), c = 1456.0(3) pm, R1 = 0.0353) layers of condensed M5 building blocks with Al‐Al partial bonds are formed. Substituting one In position in Sr3In5 against Pb results in the isotypic, but electron precise Zintl compound Sr3In4Pb (a = 506.1(1), b = 1191.8(3), c = 1650.2(4) pm, R1 = 0.0286), where the Fermi level in shifted into a distinct minimum of the density of states. Conversely, at the tetrele rich end of the series A3InxPb5?x, characterized by compounds of the Pu3Pd5 type (orthorhombic, space group Cmcm) with almost isolated nido clusters M5, a minimum of the DOS can be reached, if Pb is partially substituted by In (A3InxPb5?x with A = Sr/Ba: x = 0.7/0.6; a = 1084.6(2)/1118.6(2), b = 867.1(2)/904.4(1), c = 1104.8(2)/1133.9(2) pm, R1 = 0.0394/0.0434). |
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Keywords: | Alkaline earth elements Trielides Tetrelides Intermetallic compounds |
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