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Study of structural and optical properties of the thermochromic silver and copper tetraiodomercurates (Ag2, Cu2) HgI4 ceramics

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Powders of silver (Ag2HgI4) and copper (Cu2HgI4) tetraiodomercurates were synthesized by a simple co-precipitation method. Their phase transition behavior was investigated by differential scanning calorimetry, X-ray diffraction (XRD), as well as diffuse reflectance to determine its reversibility and stability during heating–cooling cycles. Calorimetry showed a sharp transition at 51 °C when heating, and at 40 °C when cooling for Ag2HgI4 samples. For Cu2HgI4 samples in the first cycle, one peak was observed when heating at 69.6 and 49.7 °C when cooling. However, in these samples, the first peak splits into two peaks when heating during the second and third cycles (67.5 and 57.8 °C), indicating a probable loss of crystallinity. XRD and diffuse reflectance showed that the transition starts almost since the beginning of the warming-up process and is more evident around 40 °C for Ag2HgI4 and around 60 °C for Cu2HgI4. The energy bandgap indicates that Ag2HgI4 and Cu2HgI4 behave differently during the transition. Copper tetraiodomercurate follows almost the same path for heating than for cooling. Its reversible thermochromic and superionic properties are promising for several applications and open the possibility of using them as inclusions in smart composite systems.

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This work was partially funded by projects SRE-AMEXCID-2016-1-278320 and Cinvestav Scientific Research and Technological Development Fund No. 98. Authors are grateful to José Bante Guerra for their technical support. This work was also financially supported by the CONACYT project A1-S-10011.

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    Misael Chocolatl-Torres, Rutilo Silva-Gonzalez & Ulises Salazar-Kuri

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Chocolatl-Torres, M., Franco-Bacca, A.P., Ramírez-Rincón, J.A. et al. Study of structural and optical properties of the thermochromic silver and copper tetraiodomercurates (Ag2, Cu2) HgI4 ceramics. Appl. Phys. A 126, 525 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-020-03696-y

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