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Synthesis, crystal structure and optical properties of a new lithium dilead pentaborate, LiPb2B5O10

  • Lin Zhou*
  • , Shilie Pan
  • , Xin Su
  • , Hongwei Yu
  • , Zhihua Yang
  • , Fangfang Zhang
  • , Zhongxiang Zhou
  • , Shujuan Han
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry
  • University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Abstract

A novel lithium dilead pentaborate compound, LiPb2B 5O10, is synthesized by the high temperature solution method for the first time. It crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2 1/m with lattice constants a = 4.4023(10) Å, b = 14.037(3) Å, c = 6.8846(16) Å, β = 107.408(2) and Z = 2. The structure consists of B5O10 units, LiO4 and PbO 7 polyhedra. The B5O10 unit is composed of three BO3 triangles and two BO4 tetrahedra. The IR spectrum further confirms the presence of both BO3 and BO4 groups. The calculated band gap via ab initio methods is about 3.433 eV, which is consistent with the experimental result obtained from UV-vis-NIR diffuse reflectance spectrum.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)180-183
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Molecular Structure
Volume1040
DOIs
StatePublished - 22 May 2013
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • LiPbBO Borate Synthesis Crystal structure

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