Materials Research Bulletin, Vol.62, 37-41, 2015
Synthesis of new structurally related cyanamide compounds LiM(CN2)(2) where M is Al3+, In3+ or Yb3+
New ternary cyanamide compounds isostructural to LiY(CN2)(2) were obtained by solid state metathesis reaction. The crystal structure of LiAl(CN2)(2) was determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction, the structures of LiIn(CN2)(2) and LiYb(CN2)(2) were solved from X-ray powder diffraction data. Photoluminescence properties of Tb3+-doped Liln(CN2)(2) are reported too. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.