Structural change in a series of protonated layered perovskite compounds, HLnTiO4 (Ln=La, Nd and Y)

A deuterated n=1 Ruddlesden–Popper compound, DLnTiO4 (HLnTiO4, Ln=La, Nd and Y), was prepared by an ion-exchange reaction of Na+ ions in NaLnTiO4 with D+ ions, and its structure was analyzed by Rietveld method using powder neutron diffraction data. The structure analyses showed that DLaTiO4 and DNdTiO4 crystallized in the space group P4/nmmP4/nmm with a=3.7232(1) and c=12.3088(1) Å, and a=3.7039(1) and c=12.0883(1) Å, respectively. On the other hand, DYTiO4 crystallized in the space group P21/cP21/c with a=11.460(1), b=5.2920(4), c=5.3628(5) Å and β=90.441(9)°. The loaded protons were found to statistically occupy the sites around an apical oxygen of TiO6 octahedron in the interlayer of these compounds, rather than Na atom sites in NaLnTiO4.

Graphical abstractA protonated n=1 Ruddlesden–Popper compound, HLnTiO4 (DLnTiO4, Ln=La, Nd and Y), was prepared by an ion-exchange reaction of Na+ ions in NaLnTiO4 with H+ (D+) ions, and its structure was analyzed by Rietveld method using powder neutron diffraction data. The structure analyses showed that DLaTiO4 and DNdTiO4 crystallized in the space group P4/nmmP4/nmm with a=3.7232(1) and c=12.3088(1) Å, and a=3.7039(1) and c=12.0883(1) Å, respectively. On the other hand, DYTiO4 crystallized in the space group P21/cP21/c with a=11.460(1), b=5.2920(4), c=5.3628(5) Å and β=90.441(9)°. The loaded protons were found to statistically occupy the sites around an apical oxygen of TiO6 octahedron in the interlayer of these compounds, rather than Na atom sites in NaLnTiO4.Figure optionsDownload full-size imageDownload as PowerPoint slide