Structural properties and cation ordering in layered hexagonal CaxCoO2
H. X. Yang, Y. G. Shi, X. Liu, R. J. Xiao, H. F. Tian, J. Q. Li
Abstract
A series of CaxCoO2 (0.15 <= x <= 0.40) materials have been prepared by means of ion exchange reaction from NaxCoO2. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) measurements revealed a rich variety of structural phenomena resulting from cation ordering, structural distortion and twinning. Systematical structural analysis, in combination with the experimental data of NaxCoO2 (0.15 <= x <= 0.8) and SrxCoO2 (1.5 <= x <= 0.4) systems, suggests that there are two common well-defined cation ordered states corresponding respectively to the orthorhombic superstructure at around x = 1/2 and the 31/2a31/2a superstructure at around x = 1/3 in this kind of system. Multiple ordered states, phase separation, and incommensurate structural modulations commonly appear in the materials with 0.33 < x < 0.5. The TEM observations also reveals an additional periodic structural distortion with q2 = a* / 2 in materials for x <= 0.35. This structural modulation also appears in the remarkable superconducting phase Na0.33CoO2 1.3H2O.
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