High temperature Raman spectroscopy studies of the phase transitions in Sr2NiWO6 and Sr2MgWO6 double perovskite oxides

In this paper, we report on high temperature Raman spectroscopy studies (up to 550 °C) of the phase transitions in Sr2BWO6 (B = Ni, Mg) double perovskite oxides. For both compounds, the transition from the tetragonal (I4/m) phase to the cubic (Fm-3m) phase is accompanied by considerable changes in the temperature dependence of the modes. To better view this phase transition, the FWHM temperature dependence of the most intense modes were studied; by this study, we have obtained a sensitive guide to the onset of the phase transition. A large increase of the FWHM with increasing temperature is observed for all modes in the spectrum, clear transitional effects were observed: the width behaves in a linear way as a function of temperature; when the temperature reached around 300 °C, a drop in the width of this mode was observed; thus, showing the phase transition occurrence for both compounds. This drop is much more illustrated in Ni-containing compound than in Sr2MgWO6.