Spectroscopy and Spectral Analysis, Volume. 41, Issue 3, 807(2021)

Pressure and Temperature Dependence of Raman Spectroscopy of Solid Ionic Crystal β-K0.294Ga1.969O3

ZHANG Feng1, LIU Shan1, PU Mei-fang1, TANG Qi-qi1, WU Bin-bin1, LI Lin2, HU Qi-wei3, XIA Yuan-hua3, FANG Lei-ming3, and LEI Li1
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    β-gallate type compounds are promising solid-state ionic conductor, which has important application value in the field of energy storage. These compounds exhibit complex lattice dynamics due to the conducting layer tends to have an excess of alkali metal ions, which makes it difficult to further understand its conductive mechanism. Both pressure and temperature can affect the structure of materials by changing the spacing between atoms, and it has great application value in studying the dynamic process of materials, especially the diffusion process of ions. So far, the temperature dependence of vibrational properties has received less attention, and the high-pressure behavior of β-gallate type compounds has not been reported. Due to the unique advantage of laser Raman scattering technique in studying the lattice dynamics of matter, especially the pressure and temperature-dependent Raman spectroscopy, it is an effective experimental method for studying the lattice dynamics of the β-gallate type compounds. In this work, a novel β-gallate type K0.294Ga1.969O3 (KGO) crystal was successfully synthesized by using large-volume-press technology. The crystal was characterized by a scanning electron microscope, energy spectrum. The crystal structure of KGO is analyzed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and compared with the crystal structure of β-Ga2O3. The lattice dynamics of disordered alkali metal ions in the KGO conducting layer was studied by pressure and temperature dependent Raman spectroscopy. We found that the β-gallate type KGO crystal structure formed by alternatively stacked-layer spinel-blocks and the loose conducting plane remains stable at the pressure up to 23.3 GPa. The significant difference in the pressure coefficients between high and low-frequency Raman modes are derived from different types of vibration. It is evidenced that the presence of thermally activated processes K+ ions in KGO at approximately 300 ℃, it’s embodied in the intensity of low-frequency Raman mode related to alkali metal K+ motion increases rapidly, while that of high-frequency vibration mode related to Ga-O polyhedron increases slowly. And the mobile K+ ions undergo disorder diffusion process along the conduction plane. Our results will contribute to a deeper understanding of the conductive mechanism of β-gallate type compounds, and it is also very important to achieve accurate compositional control and doping of β-gallate type compounds.

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    ZHANG Feng, LIU Shan, PU Mei-fang, TANG Qi-qi, WU Bin-bin, LI Lin, HU Qi-wei, XIA Yuan-hua, FANG Lei-ming, LEI Li. Pressure and Temperature Dependence of Raman Spectroscopy of Solid Ionic Crystal β-K0.294Ga1.969O3[J]. Spectroscopy and Spectral Analysis, 2021, 41(3): 807

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    Paper Information

    Received: Feb. 28, 2020

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Apr. 7, 2021

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    DOI:10.3964/j.issn.1000-0593(2021)03-0807-06

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