“…According to previous literature reports [17,22,23], the aging of La(OH) 3 in air at room temperature (RT) results in the formation of partially hydrated carbonates of La (OH) (CO 3 ) type. In [17], the aging of La(OH) 3 material at RT in ambient air was followed by annealing at 400 ∘ C, and, as a result, the sample was crystallized into pure hexagonal La 2 O 2 CO 3 phase. However, when the high-temperature annealing was performed with La(OH) 3 , that is, without longer aging of the material at RT, the authors found, as a final product, monoclinic type La 2 O 2 CO 3 .…”