Synthesis and structural characterization using the Rietveld method of the quaternary compound CuAlGeSe4



Document title: Synthesis and structural characterization using the Rietveld method of the quaternary compound CuAlGeSe4
Journal: Revista mexicana de física
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000460811
ISSN: 0035-001X
Authors: 1
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Institutions: 1Universidad de Los Andes, Facultad de Ciencias, Mérida. Venezuela
Year:
Season: Mar-Abr
Volumen: 68
Number: 2
Country: México
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico, teórico
English abstract Sample of the quaternary phase CuAlGeSe4, a part of I-III-IV-⃞-VI4 semiconductor system, was synthesized by the melt and annealing technique and analyzed using X-ray powder diffraction data. The indexing and refinement of the pattern indicate that this compound crystallizes in the tetragonal system, space group I 4 - ( N 82 ) with unit cell parameters: α = 5.5646(3) Å, c = 10.682(2) Å, V = 330.77(5) Å3. The space group was established from a cationic and anionic distribution analysis in the tetragonal space groups: I 4 - 2 d (N◦ 122), I 4 - 2 2 m (N◦ 121), and I 4 - 2 (N◦ 82), for an ordered structure in this material. The Rietveld refinement, performed with the starting model: Cu 2c, Al 2b, Ge 2d, ⃞2a, and Se 8g, converged to R exp = 7.2%, R P = 7.4%, R wp = 9.6%, and χ 2 = 1.7
Disciplines: Física y astronomía
Keyword: Física de materia condensada,
Calcogenuro,
Difracción de rayos X en polvo,
Estructura cristalina
Keyword: Condensed matter physics,
Chalcogenide,
Powder X-ray diffraction,
Crystal structure
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