Structural transition in NaxCoO2 with x near 0.75 due to Na rearrangement

Details Structural transition in NaxCoO2 with x near 0.75 due to Na rearrangement Structural transition in NaxCoO2 with x near 0.75 due to Na rearrangement

2004-05-28

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0405677v1

Phys. Rev. B 70, 134115 (2004)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

7 pages, 7 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.70.134115

We report neutron powder diffraction measurements on a series of NaxCoO2 samples with x near 0.75 which were prepared under different synthesis conditions. Two different crystal structures for the samples are observed at room temperature. The two structures differ primarily by a shift of a large fraction of the Na ions from a high-symmetry position to a lower-symmetry position. Close inspection of the refinement parameters indicates that the presence of either structure depends sensitively on the Na content x, with x = 0.75 as the critical concentration separating the two phases. By raising the temperature to around T = 323 K, the high-symmetry structure can be converted to the lower-symmetry structure. The transition is reversible, but there is significant hysteresis. We discuss the effects of this structural transition on the bulk magnetic and transport properties.

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