A perovskite containing quadrivalent iron as a charge-disproportionated ferrimagnet.
A perovskite containing quadrivalent iron as a charge-disproportionated ferrimagnet.
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10.1002/anie.200801482
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2008-09
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I. Yamada;Kazuhide Takata;N. Hayashi;S. Shinohara;M. Azuma;S. Mori;S. Muranaka;Y. Shimakawa
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I. Yamada;Kazuhide Takata;N. Hayashi;S. Shinohara;M. Azuma;S. Mori;S. Muranaka;Y. Shimakawa
A large number of oxides containing FeII and/or FeIII are known, whereas only a few, like (Sr, Ca) FeIVO3[1–3] and K2FeVIO4, contain iron in higher oxidation states.[4] During the course of our exploration of A-site-ordered perovskites with the general formula AA’3B4O12, we successfully obtained CaCuII 3FeIV 4O12 (CCFO), which is the first FeIV oxide to be discovered in almost three decades. CCFO has been found to undergo an interesting phase transition to a charge-disproportionated ferrimagnetic state at 210 K. This charge disproportionation (CD) is of the CaFeO3 (CFO) type (2FeIV! FeIII+ FeV)[5] and is accompanied by a structural transition that leaves these aliovalent species ordered in the rock-salt manner.[6, 7] The magnetic behavior of these two species is strikingly different however: CCFO features a large spontaneous magnetization whereas CFO is an antiferromagnet with a relatively low NØel temperature of 116 K.[3] CCFO forms in a solid-state reaction at pressures above 9 GPa and a temperature of around 1300 K. However, we noticed during the characterization process that FeIII tends to substitute at the A’site and that the amount decreases as the applied pressure increases. The amount of impurities also decreased in the same manner. The sample to be discussed here was prepared at the highest available pressure of 15 GPa. Synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction (SXRD) at room temperature followed by a Rietveld refinement confirmed the desired Ca/Cu-ordering in a cubic perovskite cell of 2a0 2a0 2a0 (a0: simple perovskite cube; Figure 1a and Table 1).