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INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Volume 52, Issue 9, Pages 5464-5469Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ic400376g
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- Spanish government MINECO [MAT2010-21270-C04-01, CSD2007-00045]
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Zircon-type PrVO4 and SmVO4 have been studied by high-pressure Raman spectroscopy up to 17 GPa. The occurrence of phase transitions has been detected when compression exceeds 6 GPa. The transformations are not reversible. Raman spectra of the high-pressure phases show similarities with those expected for a monazite-type phase in PrVO4 and a scheelite-type phase in SmVO4. The high-pressure phases have been also synthesized using a large-volume press and recovered at ambient conditions. X-ray diffraction measurements of the metastable products recovered after decompression confirms the monazite (PrVO4) and scheelite (SmVO4) structures of the high-pressure phases. Based upon optical properties of the reported new polymorphs, novel applications for rare-earth vanadates are proposed, including photocatalytic hydrogen production.
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