title: Crystal structure and physical properties of the new chalcogenides Ba3Cu(17-x)(S,Te)11 and Ba3Cu(17-x)(S,Te)11.5 with two different Cu clusters.
abstract: The sulfide-tellurides Ba(3)Cu(17-x)(S,Te)(11) and Ba(3)Cu(17-x)(S,Te)(11.5) were synthesized from the elements in stoichiometric ratios heated to 1073 K, followed by slow cooling to 873 K over 100 h. Ba(3)Cu(17-x)(S,Te)(11) is isostructural to Ba(3)Cu(17-x)(Se,Te)(11) when [S] > [Te], space group R ̅3m, with lattice dimensions of a = 12.009(1) Å, c = 27.764(2) Å, V = 3467.6(5) Å(3), for Ba(3)Cu(15.7(4))S(7.051(5))Te(3.949) (Z = 6). The structure is composed of Cu atoms forming paired hexagonal antiprisms, capped on the two outer hexagonal faces, where each Cu atom is tetrahedrally coordinated by four Q (= S, Te) atoms. The new variant is formed when [Te] > [S]; then Ba(3)Cu(17-x)(S,Te)(11.5) adopts space group Fm3̅m with a = 17.2095(8) Å, V = 5096.9(4) Å(3), for Ba(3)Cu(15.6(2))S(5.33(4))Te(6.17) (Z = 8). This structure consists of eight Te-centered Cu(16) icosioctahedra per cell interconnected by cubic Cu(8) units centered by Q atoms. Electronic structure calculations and property measurements illustrate that these compounds behave as extrinsic p-type semiconductors-toward metallic behavior for the latter compound. With standard oxidation states Ba(2+), Cu(+), and Q(2-), the electron precise formulas are Ba(3)Cu(16)Q(11) and Ba(3)Cu(17)Q(11.5).
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada.
authors.forename: Bryan A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Kuropatwa
authors.forename: Abdeljalil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Assoud
authors.forename: Holger
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kleinke