The
single crystals Li2W0.85Mo0.15O4 and Li2W0.9Mo0.1O4 have been grown by a low-temperature-gradient Czochralski
technique as representatives of promising materials for scintillating
cryogenic bolometers. Thermodynamic properties and their relationship
with structural parameters to improve and extend the device portfolio
with special emphasis on formation enthalpies, thermodynamic stability,
and lattice enthalpies have been revealed. Solution enthalpies of
Li2CO3, MoO3, and Li2W0.85Mo0.15O4 and Li2W0.9Mo0.1O4 single crystals have been
measured in 0.40162 mol kg–1 aqueous KOH. The standard
formation enthalpies (Δf
H
0 (Li2W0.85Mo0.15O4, s,
298.15 K) = −1590.8 ± 2.0 kJ mol–1;
Δf
H
0 (Li2W0.9Mo0.1O4, s, 298.15 K) = −1594.1
± 2.3 kJ mol–1), formation enthalpies from
simple oxides, and lattice enthalpies have been determined. As a result,
the dependences of formation enthalpies and lattice enthalpies for
Li2W1–x
Mo
x
O4 on tolerance factors have been found
to be linear. It has been discovered that the thermodynamic stability
and lattice enthalpies of Li2W1–x
Mo
x
O4 are increased
when the tolerance factor tends to one. It has been established that
single crystals Li2W0.85Mo0.15O4 and Li2W0.9Mo0.1O4 are several times more thermodynamically stable than ZnMoO4 and CdWO4.