The First Silver Lead Borate, AgPb[B5O9]
摘要
A new silver lead pentaborate, AgPb[B5O9] (1), was synthesized by solid-state reaction. The new compound crystallizes in the monoclinic system, space group P21/c, a = 6.5781(2) Å; b = 12.8609(3) Å, c = 8.6512(2) Å, β = 104.953(2)°. 1 is the first silver-containing representative of the A+B2+[B5O9] layered pentaborate family (A = Na, K, Ag; B = Ca, Sr, Ba, Pb). Its crystal structure is comprised of borate polyanion layers parallel to (010) with the topology 5:∞2[(5:3Δ + 2T)] which in turn are composed of corner-sharing pentaborate B5O11 groups, 5B : 3Δ2□:<2Δ□>–<Δ2□>, formed by two BO4 tetrahedra and three BO3 triangles. 1 is characterized by differential scanning calorimetry, single-crystal and high-temperature powder X-ray diffraction, infrared spectroscopy, and density functional theory calculations. Its thermal expansion of anisotropic (α11 = 5.8, α22 = 29.1, α33 = 11.3 × 10− 6 °C−1), due to the layered nature of the crystal structure. According to DFT calculations, AgPb[B5O9] is a wide-bandgap (3.51 eV) semiconductor. Structural relationships to other members of the A+B2+[B5O9] family, A = Na, K; B = Ca, Sr, Ba, Pb, are discussed.
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