Published July 19, 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

X-ray powder diffraction refinement of Cu2ZnGeTe4 structure and phase diagram of the Cu2GeTe3-ZnTe system

  • 1. Department of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Volyn State University, Voli Avenue 13, 43009 Lutsk (Ukraine)

Description

The phase diagram of the Cu2GeTe3-ZnTe system was investigated using differential thermal analysis and X-ray diffraction. A Cu2ZnGeTe4 compound forms in the system that melts incongruently at 823K. Its crystal structure was refined using powder X-ray diffraction. Cu2ZnGeTe4 crystallizes in the tetragonal space group I4-bar 2m (structure type Cu2FeSnS4) with lattice constants a=0.59540(4)nm, c=1.1848(1)nm, c/a=1.990. The atomic parameters were refined in the isotropic approximation to RI=0.0786

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.jallcom.2005.01.032;
PII
S0925-8388(05)00079-4;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Alloys and Compounds
Journal Volume
397
Journal Issue
1-2
Journal Page Range
p. 169-172
ISSN
0925-8388
CODEN
JALCEU

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