“…15 Recently, ordered double perovskite type oxides with the general formula A 2 BB 0 O 6 (A ¼ Ca, Sr, Ba, Y, La, Gd; B ¼ Y, La, Gd, Mg, Zn, Li; B 0 ¼ Sb, Ta, Nb, Ti) or AA 0 BB 0 O 6 (A ¼ Ca, Sr, Ba, Na, Li; A 0 ¼ Y, La, Gd; B ¼ Mg, Zn; B 0 ¼ W, Mo, Sb, Ta, Nb) have been intensively investigated owing to their good thermal stability and chemical properties. 10,16 In typical crystal structures of double perovskites, both the B and B 0 sites are coordinated with six oxygen atoms by corner-sharing alternately, while the A (or A 0 ) site is coordinated with eight or twelve oxygen atoms based on the distortion of the crystal structure. Besides, the BO 6 and B 0 O 6 sites can reduce the symmetry of the A (or A 0 ) ones and produce various coordination environments for doping with rare earth ions.…”