Issue 36, 2014

Structural, magnetic, and electrochemical properties of the high pressure form of Na2Co[PO4]F

Abstract

The new compound HP-Na2Co[PO4]F was synthesized by high pressure solid state reaction and its crystal structure was determined from single crystal X-ray diffraction data. The physical properties of HP-Na2Co[PO4]F were characterized by magnetic susceptibility, specific heat capacity, galvanometric cycling, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy measurements. HP-Na2Co[PO4]F crystallizes with the space group P63/m, a = 10.5484(15), c = 6.5261(9) Å, V = 628.87(15) Å3 and Z = 6. The crystal structure consists of infinite chains of edge-sharing CoF2O4 octahedra. The latter are interconnected through the PO4 tetrahedra forming a 3D-Co[PO4]F-framework. The six coordinated sodium atoms are distributed over three crystallographic sites (2b, 6h, and 4f). The structure of HP-[Na11/3Na23/3Na32/3]Co[PO4]F is similar to [Na11/3Na23/3Sr1/31/3]Ge[GeO4]O. There is only one difference; Na3 occupies the 4f (1/3, 2/3, 0.0291) atomic position, whereas the Sr occupies the 2c (1/3, 2/3, 1/4) atomic position. The magnetic susceptibility follows a Curie–Weiss behavior above 50 K with Θ = −21 K indicating predominant antiferromagnetic interactions. The specific heat capacity and magnetization measurements show that HP-Na2Co[PO4]F undergoes a three-dimensional magnetic ordering at TN = 11.0(1) K. The ionic conductivity σ, estimated at 350 °C, is 1.5 × 10−7 S cm−1. The electrochemical cycling indicates that only one sodium ion could be extracted during the first charge in Na half-cell; however, the re-intercalation was impossible due to a strong distortion of the structure after the first charge to 5.0 V.

Graphical abstract: Structural, magnetic, and electrochemical properties of the high pressure form of Na2Co[PO4]F

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
14 May 2014
Accepted
22 Jul 2014
First published
22 Jul 2014

Dalton Trans., 2014,43, 13630-13636

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Structural, magnetic, and electrochemical properties of the high pressure form of Na2Co[PO4]F

H. Ben Yahia, D. Mori, M. Shikano, H. Kobayashi and Y. Inaguma, Dalton Trans., 2014, 43, 13630 DOI: 10.1039/C4DT01418A

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