LOW-TEMPERATURE SYNTHESIS OF NOVEL LAYERED ALKALI METAL-MoO3 BRONZES AND HEXAGONAL BRONZES OF THE TYPE KyW1 - xMoxO3.

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-4596(88)90349-0

A new class of layered alkali metal-MoO//3 bronzes, A//xMoO//3 (A equals Li, Na, K, Rb), with nearly the same unit cell parameters as the host oxide has been synthesized. This was accomplished by the solid state reaction of MoO//3 with alkali metal iodides around 575 K; Li//xMoO//3 absorbs H//2O causing an increase in the b parameter of the unit cell. Hexagonal potassium bronzes of W//1// minus //xMo//xO//3 are synthesized for the first time.