The Short Series of the Oxygen-Poor Lanthanide Oxide Selenides M10OSe14 with M = La–Nd

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Crystals 2012, 2(3), 1136-1145; doi:10.3390/cryst2031136

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The Short Series of the Oxygen-Poor Lanthanide Oxide Selenides M₁₀OSe₁₄ with M = La–Nd

Frank A. Weber, Christian M. Schurz, Susanne Frunder, Charlotte F. Kuhn and Thomas Schleid*

Institute for Inorganic Chemistry, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, Stuttgart D-70569, Germany

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Received: 6 June 2012; in revised form: 6 July 2012 / Accepted: 17 July 2012 / Published: 16 August 2012

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Abstract: Single crystals and phase pure samples of oxygen-poor ternary lanthanide oxide selenides with the composition M₁₀OSe₁₄ (M = La–Nd; tetragonal, I4₁/acd; a = 1592.0–1559.8 pm, c = 2106.5–2062.9 pm) could be obtained by reacting the corresponding metals, selenium and selenium dioxide as oxygen source. Their crystal structures are isotypic with Pr₁₀OS₁₄ and thus contain isolated [OM₄]¹⁰⁺ tetrahedra (d(O^2––M³⁺) = 243–248 pm) embedded in a complex anionic {[M₆Se₁₄]^10–} lanthanide selenide matrix (d(M³⁺–Se^2–) = 288–358 pm). All three crystallographically independent M³⁺ cations exhibit eight contacts to chalcogenide anions (O^2– and/or Se^2–) resulting in the formation of bicapped trigonal prismatic coordination polyhedra. The optical band gaps of the oxide selenides M₁₀OSe₁₄ amount to values between 1.89 and 2.04 eV indicating wide band-gap semiconductors.

Keywords: lanthanides; oxide selenides; crystal structures; band gaps; synthesis

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Weber, F.A.; Schurz, C.M.; Frunder, S.; Kuhn, C.F.; Schleid, T. The Short Series of the Oxygen-Poor Lanthanide Oxide Selenides M₁₀OSe₁₄ with M = La–Nd. Crystals 2012, 2, 1136-1145.

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Weber FA, Schurz CM, Frunder S, Kuhn CF, Schleid T. The Short Series of the Oxygen-Poor Lanthanide Oxide Selenides M₁₀OSe₁₄ with M = La–Nd. Crystals. 2012; 2(3):1136-1145.

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Weber, Frank A.; Schurz, Christian M.; Frunder, Susanne; Kuhn, Charlotte F.; Schleid, Thomas. 2012. "The Short Series of the Oxygen-Poor Lanthanide Oxide Selenides M₁₀OSe₁₄ with M = La–Nd." Crystals 2, no. 3: 1136-1145.

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