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Pressure-induced chemical decomposition of copper orthovanadate (α-Cu3V2O8)†
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Enrico
Bandiello,
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Simone
Anzellini,
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Srungarpu Nagabhusan
Achary
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Daniel
Errandonea
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Abstract
The high pressure stability of α-Cu3V2O8 has been investigated via complementary high pressure synchrotron X-ray diffraction experiments and theoretical density functional theory calculations. The results of both experiment and theory are in close agreement. The main result of this work is that α-Cu3V2O8 undergoes a pressure-induced chemical decomposition into CuO and V2O5 at a modest pressure of ∼1.35 GPa according to the experimental observations, and at ∼2.45 GPa according to the calculations. The decomposition is investigated with enthalpy calculations and one of the main driving factors is the stability of the octhedral oxygen-coordination of the metal atoms in the decompositon products. Additionally, we determine the bulk modulus of α-Cu3V2O8 to be the lowest of all known vanadates, at 52(2) GPa, due to its crystal structure, and determine the corresponding isothermal compressibility tensor.
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