Size-Driven Stability of Lanthanide Thiophosphates Grown from an Iodide FluxClick to copy article linkArticle link copied!
- Vladislav V. KlepovVladislav V. KlepovDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United StatesMore by Vladislav V. Klepov
- Logan S. BretonLogan S. BretonDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United StatesMore by Logan S. Breton
- Kristen A. PaceKristen A. PaceDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United StatesMore by Kristen A. Pace
- Vancho KocevskiVancho KocevskiDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United StatesMore by Vancho Kocevski
- Theodore M. BesmannTheodore M. BesmannDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United StatesMore by Theodore M. Besmann
- Hans-Conrad zur Loye*Hans-Conrad zur Loye*E-mail: [email protected]Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United StatesMore by Hans-Conrad zur Loye
Abstract

To determine the influence of the lanthanide size on the structures and properties of thiophosphates, a thiophosphate series containing different lanthanides was synthesized via high temperature flux crystal growth and their structures and physical properties analyzed and compared. Layered thiohypophosphates NaLnP2S6 (Ln = La, Ce, Pr) and thiopyrophosphates CsLnP2S7 (Ln = Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Yb, Y) were grown out of an iodide flux using consistent reaction conditions across both series. Under the mildly reducing iodide flux reaction conditions, a rather rare example of phosphorus reduction from the +5 to the +4 oxidation state was observed. Both resultant structure types are based on lanthanide thiophosphate sheets with the alkali cations located between them. Magnetic susceptibility measurements were conducted and revealed Curie–Weiss behavior of the samples, with a Van Vleck contribution in the CsSmP2S7 sample. UV–vis data was found to be in good agreement with the literature, indicating little influence of the sulfide environment on the localized 4f orbitals.
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