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Articles • Matéria (Rio J.) 24 (1) • 2019 • https://doi.org/10.1590/S1517-707620190001.0643   copy

Evidence of a new ordered vacancy crystal structure in the compound Cu3In7Te12

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ABSTRACT

The crystal structure of the ordered vacancy compound (OVC) Cu3In7Te12 is analyzed using powder X-ray diffraction data. It is found that this OVC crystallizes with a chalcopyrite-related structure, in the tetragonal space group P4 2c (Nº 112), with unit cell parameters and volume a = 6.1720(2) Å, c = 12.3597(8) Å, and V = 470.83(4) Å3. The Rietveld refinement of 28 instrumental and structural parameters led to Rp = 9.27 %, Rwp = 10.30 %, Rexp = 6.95% and S = 1.48, for 4501 step intensities and 130 independent reflections, respectively. This compound is isostructural with Cu3In7Se12, and has a defect adamantane structure.

Keywords
semiconductors; ordered vacancy compounds; crystal structure; X-ray diffraction; Rietveld

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