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Herein, we report the syntheses of two lithium-vanadium oxide-fluoride compounds crystallized from the same reaction mixture through a time variation experiment. A low temperature hydrothermal route employing a viscous paste of V2O5, oxalic acid, LiF, and HF allowed the crystallization of one metastable phase initially, Li2VO0.55 (H2O)0.45F5·2H2O (I), which on prolonged heating transforms to a chemically similar yet structurally different phase, Li3VOF5 (II). Compound I crystallizes in centrosymmetric space group, I2/a with a = 6.052(3), b = 7.928(4), c = 12.461(6) Å, and β = 103.99(2)⁰ , while compound II crystallizes in a non-centrosymmetric (NCS) space group, Pna21 with a = 5.1173(2), b = 8.612(3), c = 9.346(3) Å. Synthesis of NCS crystals are highly sought after in solid-state chemistry for their second-harmonic-generation (SHG) response and compound II exhibits SHG activity albeit non-phase-matchable. In this article, we also describe their magnetic properties which helped in unambiguous assignment of mixed valency of V (+4/+5) for Li2VO0.55 (H2O)0.45F5·2H2O (I) and +4 valency of V for Li3VOF5 (II).
- Non-Centrosymmetric Crystal,
- Second-Harmonic Generation,
- Vanadium Oxy-Fluoride
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/amitava-choudhury/111/
This research was funded by Energy Research and Development Center (ERDC), Missouri S&T and Welch Foundation (Grant E-1457).