Synthesis and characterization of cobalt-containing perovskite-type oxides

A number of cobalt-containing perovskite-type oxides were synthesized and characterized in this study. All materials were half-doped with cobalt in their B-sites, i.e. contain the Co0.5M0.5 B-site state where M = Fe, Mn, Cr, Ni; the materials adopted single layered, double-layered and simple perovskite-type structures. The materials La2 xSrxCo0.5M0.5O4 (M = Fe, Cr) have shown enhanced stability under reducing conditions (10% H2/N2, up to 1000 ºC) with the formation of oxygen deficient compounds, while no evidence for oxygen hyperstoichiometry was observed under oxidizing conditions. Materials such La1.2Sr0.8Co0.5Mn0.5O4.1 and La1.7Sr0.3Co0.5Ni0.5O4.08, however, exhibit oxygen hyperstoichiometry under oxidizing conditions and also withstand reducing conditions via formation of oxygen deficiency. Oxygen vacancies were disordered and confined to the equatorial planes of the single layered structure in all materials, while oxygen hyperstoichiometry was accommodated in the interstitial (0, 0 .5, 0.25) sites of the tetragonal structure. In La1+xSr2 xCoMnO7-δ, oxygen vacancies were confined to the common apex of the double layered structure. The new brownmillerite phase LaSrCoFeO5 was synthesized and fluorination produced the new oxyfluoride LaSrCoFeO5F. Magnetic interactions between Co2+(3+) ions and ions such as Fe3+, Mn3+, Cr3+, Ni2+ in different perovskite-type structures were also studied and a range of magnetically ordered materials, at low and room temperatures, were investigated