高压下铌酸锌钶铁矿结构相变的原位拉曼光谱和X射线衍射研究

通过原位高压拉曼光谱和X射线衍射对ZnNb₂O₆晶体在29 GPa以下的结构转变进行了研究.拉曼光谱显示, 多数拉曼峰强度减弱, 且随着压力增加向高波数方向移动.压力频移曲线分别在10, 16 和20 GPa处形成了拐点.原位X射线衍射谱在10.6 GPa以上有旧峰消失和新峰出现.结果分析表明, ZnNb₂O₆钶铁矿结构压缩过程中发生了一个可逆压致相变, 此相变从10 GPa左右开始, 到16 GPa左右完成, 继续增加压力到20 GPa以上则形成无序状态.     

Structural characterization and electrical properties of NiNb2−xTaxO6 (0≤x≤2) and some Ti-substituted derivatives

A structural and electrical characterization of the system NiNb_2−xTa_xO₆ (0≤x≤2) is presented. For x≤0.25 materials with the columbite-type structure typical of NiNb₂O₆ have been obtained whereas for x≥1 tri-rutile-like oxides were obtained. The electrical properties are similar in both cases; they are semiconducting with very low electrical conductivity and very high activation energy, though slight differences were found as a function of Ta content. Improvement of conductivity by reducing the stoichiometric materials could not be achieved due to decomposition. In this connection, partial substitution of Nb or Ta by Ti has been carried out in order to create oxygen vacancies. Tantalum was partially replaced by Ti to a significant extent in the tri-rutile structure inducing a slight increasing of conductivity. However, for the columbite case neither Nb nor Ta could be partially replaced. This behavior is quite different from that reported for other similar columbites such as MnNb₂O_6−δ, which exhibits high electrical conductivity upon substitution of niobium by titanium.