Raman studies of A(2)MWO(6) tungstate double perovskites

摘要

The Raman spectra of seven A(2)MWO(6) tungstate double perovskites are analysed. Ba2MgWO6 is a cubic double perovskite with Fm (3) over barm symmetry and its Raman spectrum contain three modes that can be assigned in a straightforward manner. A fourth mode, the asymmetric stretch of the [WO6](6-)octahedron, is too weak to be observed. The symmetry of Ba2CaWO6 is lowered to tetragonal l4/m due to octahedral tilting, but the distortion is sufficiently subtle that the extra bands predicted to appear in the Raman spectrum are not observed. The remaining five compounds have additional octahedral tilts that lower the symmetry to monoclinic P2(1). The further reduction of symmetry leads to the appearance of additional lattice modes involving translations of the A-site cations and librations of the octahedra. Comparing the Raman spectra of fourteen different A2MWO6 tungstate double perovskites shows that the frequency of the symmetric stretch (nu(1)) of the [WO6](6-)octahedron is relatively low for cubic perovskites with tolerance factors greater than one due to underbonding of the tungsten and/or M cation. The frequency of this mode increases rapidly as the tolerance factor drops below one, before decreasing gradually as the octahedral tilting gets larger. The frequency of the oxygen bending mode (nu(5)) is shown to be dependent on the mass of the A-site cation due to coupling of the internal bending mode with external A-site cation translation modes.