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The title compound is obtained from zircon-type GdCrO4 (Pt crucible, 4 GPa, 803 K, 30 min).

In2-2xZnxSnxO3 solid solutions with 0.2 ≤ x ≤ 0.8 are synthesized from stoichiometric mixtures of In2O3, SnO2, and ZnO (70 kbar, 1000 °C, 30 min for x ≤ 0.7 and 1150 °C, 1 h for x = 0.8).

Olivine-LiCoXO4 (X = P, As) compounds might transform to the denser spinel-type and Na2CrO4-type structures under pressure. In this work, the relative energetic stability of the three polymorphs and the pressure of the possible polymorphic transformations are investigated combining experiments and first principles calculations. Olivine-LiCoAsO4 is predicted to transform to the Na2CrO4-like structure at 0.4 GPa and to the spinel structure at 5.8 GPa (0 K). Quenching HP/HT experiments show that olivine-LiCoAsO4 treated at 6 GPa/1173 K transforms to the spinel-like structure. Computational results indicate that olivine-LiCoPO4 transforms to the Na2CrO4-like form at around 4 GPa (0 K), the latter being the stable form till very high pressures (21.6 GPa). In good agreement with this, olivine-LiCoPO4 when subjected to 6 GPa/1173 K and 15 GPa/1173 K is converted to the Na2CrO4-type polymorph. Crystallographic data of the new compound LiCoPO4 within the Na2CrO4 structural type are provided.

The thermodynamic stability of Li2MnSiO4 polymorphs and their electrochemical properties as electrode for Li batteries are investigated combining experimental and computational methods. Three possible Li2MnSiO4 forms have been considered crystallizing in Pmnb, Pmn21 (β-Li3PO4 derivatives) and P21/n (γ-Li3PO4 derivative) space groups (S.G.). We have first demonstrated that the relative stability of β- and γ-Li3PO4 polymorphs is well-reproduced by density functional theory (DFT) methods (LDA, GGA). For Li2MnSiO4, the Pmnb form is predicted to be 2.4 meV/f.u. and 65 meV/f.u. more stable than the Pmn21 and P21/n forms, respectively (GGA + U results). Computational results indicate that the denser Pmn21 polymorph can be obtained by high pressure/high temperature treatment of the other polymorphs or their mixtures. A sample of Li2MnSiO4 prepared at 900 °C consists of a mixture of polymorphs, as detected by XRD and confirmed by means of SAED and 6Li MAS-NMR. As expected from DFT results, exposing the as-prepared...

The X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns and the Infrared, Raman and UV–visible spectra of CeO 2 ZrO 2 powders prepared by co-precipitation are presented. Raman spectra provide evidence for the largely predominant cubic structure of the powders with CeO 2 molar composition higher than 25%. Also skeletal IR spectra allow to distinguish cubic from tetragonal phases which are instead not easily distinguished on the basis of the XRD patterns. All mixed oxides including pure ceria are strong UV absorbers although also absorb in the violet visible region. By carefully selecting their composition and treatment temperature, the onset of the radiation that they cut off can be chosen in the 425–475 nm interval. Although they are likely metastable, the cubic phases are still pure even after heating at 1173 K for 4 h.