Borate sulfide explained

Borate sulfides are chemical mixed anion compounds that contain any kind of borate and sulfide ions. They are distinct from thioborates in which sulfur atoms replace oxygen in borates. There are also analogous borate selenides, with selenium ions instead of sulfur.

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namechemmwcrystal systemspace groupunit cellvolumedensitycommentsreferences
Zn4B6O12SI3mNLO 1.9 × KDP[1]
cadmium sulfur boraciteCd3B7O13S2cubicF3c[2]
La6Nb2MgSB8O26trigonalPa=8.2137 c =8.8601clear[3]
Ce6Nb2MgSB8O26trigonalPa=8.1672 c=8.8093clear
Pr6Nb2MgSB8O26trigonalPa=8.1362 c=8.7716yellowish green
Nd6Nb2MgSB8O26trigonalPa=8.1135 c=8.7469clear
EBOSEu2B5O9S534.03orthorhombicPnn2a=11.2909 b=11.3742 c=6.4440 Z=4827.574.286black[4]
EBOSIEu4.5(B5O9)2SI1238.88orthorhombicPnn2a=11.529 b=11.550 c=6.5070 Z=2866.54.748yellow-green band gap 1.98 eV
EMSBOEu9MgS2B20O412328.27HexagonalP63/ma=8.2708 c=24.919 Z=21476.35.238brown[5]
Eu6Ta2MgSB8O261832.51trigonalPa=8.0431 c=8.6486 Z=1484.536.280[6]
Sm3S3BO3606.04triclinicPa=4.0173 b=7.647 c=11.241  α=91.339  β=91.275 γ=90.349 Z=2345.145.832green; band gap 2.5 eV[7]
Gd3S3BO3626.74triclinicPa=3.9725 b=7.5945 c=11.182 α=91.402 β=91.093 γ=90.206 Z=2337.306.173pale yellow; band gap 2.65 eV[8]

Notes and References

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  2. Gould. R O. Nelmes. R J. Gould. S E B. 1981-12-10. Structural studies of boracites. VII. Cadmium sulphur boracite at room temperature. Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics. 14. 34. 5259–5267. 10.1088/0022-3719/14/34/008. 1981JPhC...14.5259G. 0022-3719.
  3. Tang . Ru-Ling . Wei . Yu-Long . Chi . Yang . Shi . Zhi-Hui . Liu . Wenlong . Guo . Sheng-Ping . 2022-06-13 . Cation Regulation to Investigate the Chalcogenide Borate RE 6 Nb 2 MgSB 8 O 26 (RE = La–Nd) Family . Inorganic Chemistry . en . 61 . 23 . 8653–8661 . 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c00033 . 35622004 . 249095609 . 0020-1669.
  4. Chi. Yang. Xue. Huai-Guo. Guo. Sheng-Ping. 2020-01-21. Designing Sulfide Borate as a Novel Type of Second-Order Nonlinear-Optical Material. Inorganic Chemistry. 59. 2. 1547–1555. 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b03426. 31909601. 210043683. 0020-1669.
  5. Chi. Yang. Xu. Jing. Xue. Huai-Guo. Zhang. Yueping. Chen. Xiaolong. Whangbo. Myung-Hwan. Guo. Sheng-Ping. Deng. Shuiquan. 2019-06-19. Triple-Kagomé-Layer Slabs of Mixed-Valence Rare-Earth Ions Exhibiting Quantum Spin Liquid Behaviors: Synthesis and Characterization of Eu9MgS2B20O41. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141. 24. 9533–9536. 10.1021/jacs.9b04627. 31184141. 184485492. 0002-7863.
  6. Shi. Zhi-Hui. Chi. Yang. Yang. Mei. Liu. Wenlong. Guo. Sheng-Ping. 2020-03-16. A Series of Chalcogenide Borates RE6Ta2MgQB8O26 (RE = Sm, Eu, Gd; Q = S, Se) Featuring a B4O10 Cluster. Inorganic Chemistry. 59. 6. 3532–3536. 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c00086. 32090554. 211263182. 0020-1669.
  7. Guo. Sheng-Ping. Chi. Yang. Xue. Huai-Guo. 2015-12-07. Sm 3 S 3 BO 3 : The First Sulfide Borate without S–O and B–S Bonds. Inorganic Chemistry. en. 54. 23. 11052–11054. 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b01930. 26558599. 0020-1669.
  8. Chi. Yang. Guo. Sheng-Ping. Kong. Hong-Jian. Xue. Huai-Guo. 2016-08-01. Crystal and electronic structures, and optical and magnetic properties of novel rare-earth sulfide borates RE3S3BO3 (RE = Sm, Gd). New Journal of Chemistry. en. 40. 8. 6720–6727. 10.1039/C6NJ00549G. 1369-9261.