TEM Study of Over-Stoichiometric BaRCo₄O_7+δ (R: Y, Dy-Lu)

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Over-stoichiometric BaRCo₄O_7+δ phases have been investigated by powder XRD, TG-DTA, and high resolution TEM. Three ordered structures of excess oxygen atoms were confirmed. In the case of Lu compound with the oxygen composition of δ = 0.80, an orthorhombic superlattice with the triple periods, 3a_o, based on the fundamental orthorhombic structure of stoichiometeric phase. In the case of Y compound with the oxygen composition of δ = 0.96 equilibrated in the 1 atm O₂ at 364℃, we observed the 2a_o superlattice, which agrees with the results of recent neutron diffraction study. For the Y compound slowly cooded down to room temperature, a superlattice with a = 5a_o was observed although the superlattice period is heavily disordered.