Ordered Structure and Thermal Expansion in Tungsten Bronze Pb2K0.5Li0.5Nb5O15

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August 12, 2014

Author(s)

Kun Lin, Yangchun Rong, Hui Wu, Qingzhen Huang, Li You, Yang Ren, Longlong Fan, Jun Chen, Xianran Xing

Abstract

The crystal structure and thermal expansions of a new tetragonal tungsten bronze (TTB) ferroelectrics Pb₂K_0.5Li_0.5Nb₅O₁₅ were systematically investigated by selected area electron diffraction (SAED), neutron powder diffraction, synchrotron XRD, and high temperature XRD. SAED and Rietveld refinement reveal that Pb₂K_0.5Li_0.5Nb₅O₁₅ displays a commensurate superstructure of simple orthorhombic TTB structure at room temperature. The structure can be described with space group Bp2₁m. The transition to paraelectric phase (P4/mbm) occurs at 500 °C. Compared with Pb₂KNb₅O₁₅ (PKN), the substitution of K⁺ with small Li⁺ into PKN causes the tilting of NbO₆ octahedra away from c axis with Δ}θ approximately equal} 10 ° and raises the Curie temperature by 40 °C, and the negative thermal expansion coefficient (TEC) along polar b axis increases more than 50% in the temperature range 25 °C 500 °C. We present that, by introduction of Li⁺, the enhanced spontaneous polarization are responsible for the enhanced negative thermal expansion along b axis, which may be caused by more Pb^2+^ in the pentagonal caves.

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Inorganic Chemistry

Volume

53

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Journals

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Thermal expansion, tungsten bronze, ordering, crystal structure

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Lin, K. , Rong, Y. , Wu, H. , Huang, Q. , You, L. , Ren, Y. , Fan, L. , Chen, J. and Xing, X. (2014), Ordered Structure and Thermal Expansion in Tungsten Bronze Pb₂K_0.5Li_0.5Nb₅O₁₅, Inorganic Chemistry, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=916678 (Accessed October 16, 2025)