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Preparation and characterization of a new series of solid solutions of Bi1−xYxFeO3 (0 < x < 1) from the thermal decomposition of hexacyanoferrates doped with yttrium

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Solid solutions of Bi1−xYx[Fe(CN)6]·4H2O (0 < x < 1) complexes were synthesized and characterized. The crystal structures were refined by Rietveld analysis using X-ray powder diffraction data. The complexes of the series crystallized in the orthorhombic system, space group Cmcm. The gradual decrease in cell volume indicates that the substitution of Bi3+ by Y3+ was appropriately materialized. The thermal behavior was studied by thermogravimetric and differential thermal analysis. A single phase of perovskite-type Bi1−xYxFeO3 powders was obtained by thermal decomposition of the complexes at about 600 °C. The obtained products were identified and characterized by energy-dispersive spectroscopy, Raman and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and powder X-ray diffraction. The size and morphology of the complexes and their thermal decomposition products were evaluated by scanning electron microscopy. Thermal analysis showed that the complexes were good intermediaries for the synthesis of high-purity mixed oxides with a uniform particle size of the order of nanometers. To evaluate the effect of doping with yttrium, electrical transport measurements were performed.

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The authors are grateful to Secretaría de Ciencia, Arte e Innovación Tecnológica, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán (SCAIT), for the financial support given, Projects 26-D517 and 26-E530.

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    Verónica Runco Leal, Carolina Navarro & María Inés Gómez

  2. Laboratory of Solid Physics, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Tecnología, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, 4000, Tucumán, Argentina

    Germán Bridoux & Manuel Villafuerte

  3. CONICET (National Scientific and Technical Research Council), Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Germán Bridoux & Manuel Villafuerte

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Fig. A12

SEM micrographs of: (a) Bi[Fe(CN)6]·4H2O (b) BiFeO3 (TIFF 1919 kb)

Fig. A13

SEM micrographs of: (a) Bi0.9Y0.1[Fe(CN)6]·4H2O (b) Bi0.9Y0.1FeO3 (TIFF 2061 kb)

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SEM micrographs of: (a) Bi0.8Y0.2[Fe(CN)6]·4H2O (b) Bi0.8Y0.2FeO3 (TIFF 2036 kb)

Fig. A15

SEM micrographs of: (a) Bi0.6Y0.4[Fe(CN)6]·4H2O (b) Bi0.6Y0.4FeO3 (TIFF 2035 kb)

Fig. A16

SEM micrographs of: (a) Bi0.5Y0.5[Fe(CN)6]·4H2O (b) Bi0.5Y0.5FeO3 (TIFF 1953 kb)

Fig. A17

SEM micrographs of: (a) Bi0.3Y0.7[Fe(CN)6]·4H2O (b) Bi0.3Y0.7FeO3 (TIFF 1957 kb)

Fig. A18

SEM micrographs of: (a) Bi0.1Y0.9[Fe(CN)6]·4H2O (b) Bi0.1Y0.9FeO3 (TIFF 1937 kb)

Table A4

Some selected interatomic distances and angles for Bi 0.7Y0.3[Fe(CN)6]·4H2O (See Fig. 3 for bonds identification) (DOCX 12 kb)

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Runco Leal, V., Navarro, C., Bridoux, G. et al. Preparation and characterization of a new series of solid solutions of Bi1−xYxFeO3 (0 < x < 1) from the thermal decomposition of hexacyanoferrates doped with yttrium. J Therm Anal Calorim 135, 3259–3268 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-018-7593-0

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