Hyperfine and superhyperfine interactions forMo5+in SnO2

Abstract
The ESR spectra of polycrystalline samples of Mo-doped SnO2 have been studied at the X and Q bands at temperatures of 77 and 300 K. Comparison is made with previously reported studies of interstitial and substitutional (nd)1 ions in rutile-type single crystals. The observed spectra are attributed to a Mo5+ (4d)1 ion in a substitutional cation site. With the choice of axes x[1¯10], y[001], and z[110], the spin-Hamiltonian parameters are gxx=1.891, gyy=1.835, gzz=1.923; Axx=21.3×104 cm1, Ayy=26.5×104 cm1, Azz=62×104 cm1; axx=248×104 cm1, ayy=273×104 cm1, azz=250×104 cm1; bxx=51.5×104 cm1,