The rapid microwave-assisted hydrothermal synthesis of NASICON-structured NaVO (PO)F (0 < ≤ 1) cathode materials for Na-ion batteries.

NASICON-structured NaVO (PO)F (0 < ≤ 1) solid solutions have been prepared using a microwave-assisted hydrothermal (MW-HT) technique. Well-crystallized phases were obtained for = 1 and 0.4 by reacting VO, NHHPO, and NaF precursors at temperatures as low as 180-200 °C for less than 15 min.

Homologous series of layered perovskites A(n+1)B(n)O(3n-1)Cl: crystal and magnetic structure of a new oxychloride Pb4BiFe4O11Cl.

The nuclear and magnetic structure of a novel oxychloride Pb(4)BiFe(4)O(11)Cl has been studied over the temperature range 1.5-700 K using a combination of transmission electron microscopy and synchrotron and neutron powder diffraction [space group P4/mbm, a = 5.5311(1) Å, c = 19.

Expanding the Ruddlesden-Popper manganite family: the N = 3 La(3.2)Ba(0.8)Mn3O10 member.

La(3.2)Ba(0.8)Mn(3)O(10), a representative of the rare n = 3 members of the Ruddlesden-Popper manganites A(n+1)Mn(n)O(3n+1), was synthesized in an evacuated sealed silica tube.

Slicing the perovskite structure with crystallographic shear planes: the A(n)B(n)O(3n-2) homologous series.

A new A(n)B(n)O(3n-2) homologous series of anion-deficient perovskites has been evidenced by preparation of the members with n = 5 (Pb(2.9)Ba(2.1)Fe(4)TiO(13)) and n = 6 (Pb(3.

Crystal structure and phase transitions in Sr3WO6.

The crystal structures of the beta and gamma polymorphs of Sr(3)WO(6) and the gamma<-->beta phase transition have been investigated using electron diffraction, synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction, and neutron powder diffraction. The gamma-Sr(3)WO(6) polymorph is stable above T(c) approximately 470 K and adopts a monoclinically distorted double perovskite A(2)BB'O(6) = Sr(2)SrWO(6) structure (space group Cc, a = 10.2363(1)A, b = 17.

The crystal structure of alpha-K3AlF6: elpasolites and double perovskites with broken corner-sharing connectivity of the octahedral framework.

The crystal structure of alpha-K(3)AlF(6) was solved and refined from a combination of powder X-ray and neutron diffraction data (a = 18.8385(3)A, c = 33.9644(6)A, S.