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Synthesis and structural characterization of perovskite YFeO3 by thermal decomposition of a cyano complex precursor, Y[Fe(CN)6]·4H2O

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The thermal decomposition of Y[Fe(CN)6]·4H2O has been studied in order to investigate the formation of the multi-ferroic oxide YFeO3. The starting material (Y[Fe(CN)6]·4H2O) and the decomposition products were characterized by IR spectroscopy, thermal analysis, X-ray powder diffraction (PXRD), and scanning electron microscopy. Metastable YFeO3 with hexagonal structure, space group P6 3 /mmc, was obtained by thermal decomposition of Y[Fe(CN)6]·4H2O at 600 °C in air. Orthorhombic YFeO3 was obtained by the same method at T ≥ 800 °C in air. The crystal structure of orthorhombic YFeO3 was refined by Rietveld analysis using PXRD data. We found that it was slightly deficient in Y3+, which is in agreement with the small amount of Y2O3 found as impurity in the sample. The formula of the orthorhombic phase is Y0.986FeO3.

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R.E.C. thanks ANPCYT for PICT2007 303, CONICET for PIP #11220090100995, and SECyT-UNC for Proyect 159/09. D.M.G. thanks CONICET for a fellowship. D.M.G, M.C.N., and M.I.G. thank CIUNT for financial support.

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    Diego M. Gil, M. Carolina Navarro, M. Cristina Lagarrigue & M. Inés Gómez

  2. Departamento de Fisicoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Instituto de Investigaciones en Fisicoquímica de Córdoba (INFIQC)-CONICET, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Ciudad Universitaria, X5000HUA, Córdoba, Argentina

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Gil, D.M., Navarro, M.C., Lagarrigue, M.C. et al. Synthesis and structural characterization of perovskite YFeO3 by thermal decomposition of a cyano complex precursor, Y[Fe(CN)6]·4H2O. J Therm Anal Calorim 103, 889–896 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-010-1176-z

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