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Zhang Y, Ding C, Zhang K, Pakhomova A, Chen S, Ding Y, Jiang S, Huang X, Sun J, Cui T. All-Single Bonds Fused N 18 Macro-Rings and N 8 Cagelike Building Blocks Stabilized in Lanthanum Supernitrides. J Am Chem Soc 2024. [PMID: 39225242 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c07955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/04/2024]
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Single-bonded polymeric nitrogen has gained tremendous research interest because of its unique physical properties and great potential applications. Despite much progress in theoretical predictions, it is still challenging to experimentally synthesize polynitrogen compounds with novel all-single-bonded units. Herein, we have synthesized two brand-new lanthanum supernitrides LaN8, through a direct reaction between La and N2 in laser-heated diamond anvil cells at megabar pressures. Our experiments and calculations revealed that two LaN8 phases had the R-3 and P4/n symmetry characterized by a unique 2D network with N18 macro-rings and cagelike N8 building blocks, respectively. Differing from known polynitrogen structures, these two polymers were composed of single-bonded nitrogen atoms belonging to sp3 and sp2 hybridizations. In particular, P4/n LaN8 possessed the longest N-N bond length among all of the experimentally reported metal nitrides, potentially being a high-energy-density material. The present study opens a fresh, promising avenue for the rational design and discovery of new supernitrides with unique nitrogen structures via the high-pressure treatment.
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- Yuchen Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, ESRF, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
- School of Physical Science and Technology, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
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Aslandukov A, Liang A, Ehn A, Trybel F, Yin Y, Aslandukova A, Akbar FI, Ranieri U, Spender J, Howie RT, Bright EL, Wright J, Hanfland M, Garbarino G, Mezouar M, Fedotenko T, Abrikosov IA, Dubrovinskaia N, Dubrovinsky L, Laniel D. Synthesis of LaCN 3, TbCN 3, CeCN 5, and TbCN 5 Polycarbonitrides at Megabar Pressures. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:18161-18171. [PMID: 38916483 PMCID: PMC11229003 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c06068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2024] [Revised: 06/03/2024] [Accepted: 06/10/2024] [Indexed: 06/26/2024]
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Inorganic ternary metal-C-N compounds with covalently bonded C-N anions encompass important classes of solids such as cyanides and carbodiimides, well known at ambient conditions and composed of [CN]- and [CN2]2- anions, as well as the high-pressure formed guanidinates featuring [CN3]5- anion. At still higher pressures, carbon is expected to be 4-fold coordinated by nitrogen atoms, but hitherto, such CN4-built anions are missing. In this study, four polycarbonitride compounds (LaCN3, TbCN3, CeCN5, and TbCN5) are synthesized in laser-heated diamond anvil cells at pressures between 90 and 111 GPa. Synchrotron single-crystal X-ray diffraction (SCXRD) reveals that their crystal structures are built of a previously unobserved anionic single-bonded carbon-nitrogen three-dimensional (3D) framework consisting of CN4 tetrahedra connected via di- or oligo-nitrogen linkers. A crystal-chemical analysis demonstrates that these polycarbonitride compounds have similarities to lanthanide silicon phosphides. Decompression experiments reveal the existence of LaCN3 and CeCN5 compounds over a very large pressure range. Density functional theory (DFT) supports these discoveries and provides further insight into the stability and physical properties of the synthesized compounds.
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- Andrey Aslandukov
- Bavarian
Research Institute of Experimental Geochemistry and Geophysics (BGI), University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
- Material
Physics and Technology at Extreme Conditions, Laboratory of Crystallography, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Centre
for Science at Extreme Conditions and School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, EH9 3FD Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden
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- Department
of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden
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- Department
of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden
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- Bavarian
Research Institute of Experimental Geochemistry and Geophysics (BGI), University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Bavarian
Research Institute of Experimental Geochemistry and Geophysics (BGI), University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Centre
for Science at Extreme Conditions and School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, EH9 3FD Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre
for Science at Extreme Conditions and School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, EH9 3FD Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre
for Science at Extreme Conditions and School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, EH9 3FD Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- European
Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- European
Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Photon Science,
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department
of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden
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- Material
Physics and Technology at Extreme Conditions, Laboratory of Crystallography, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
- Department
of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden
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- Bavarian
Research Institute of Experimental Geochemistry and Geophysics (BGI), University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Centre
for Science at Extreme Conditions and School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, EH9 3FD Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Weidemann M, Werhahn D, Mayer C, Kläger S, Ritter C, Manuel P, Attfield JP, Kloß SD. High-pressure synthesis of Ruddlesden-Popper nitrides. Nat Chem 2024:10.1038/s41557-024-01558-1. [PMID: 38918580 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-024-01558-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2023] [Accepted: 05/15/2024] [Indexed: 06/27/2024]
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Layered perovskites with Ruddlesden-Popper-type structures are fundamentally important for low-dimensional properties, for example, photovoltaic hybrid iodides and superconducting copper oxides. Many such halides and oxides are known, but analogous nitrides are difficult to stabilize due to the high cation oxidation states required to balance the anion charges. Here we report the high-pressure synthesis of three single-layer Ruddlesden-Popper (K2NiF4 type) nitrides-Pr2ReN4, Nd2ReN4 and Ce2TaN4-along with their structural characterization and properties. The R2ReN4 materials (R = Pr and Nd) are metallic, and Nd2ReN4 has a ferromagnetic Nd3+ spin order below 15 K. Thermal decomposition gives R2ReN3 with a Peierls-type distortion and chains of Re-Re multiply bonded dimers. Ce2TaN4 has a structural transition driven by octahedral tilting, with local distortions and canted magnetic Ce3+ order evidencing two-dimensional Ce3+/Ce4+ charge ordering correlations. Our work demonstrates that Ruddlesden-Popper nitrides with varied structural, electronic and magnetic properties can be prepared from high-pressure synthesis, opening the door to related layered nitride materials.
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- M Weidemann
- Department of Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France
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- ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, UK
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- Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
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Zhang Y, Zhang K, Yu J, Liu Z, Jiang S, Duan D, Huang X, Cui T. One-Dimensional Non-coplanar Nitrogen Chains in Manganese Tetranitride under High Pressure. J Phys Chem Lett 2024; 15:4256-4262. [PMID: 38606677 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c00861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/13/2024]
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Transition metal nitrides have great potential applications as incompressible and high energy density materials. Various polymeric nitrogen structures significantly affect their properties, contributing to their complex bonding modes and coordination conditions. Herein, we first report a new manganese polynitride MnN4 with bifacial trans-cis [N4]n chains by treating with high-pressure and high-temperature conditions in a diamond anvil cell. Our experiments reveal that MnN4 has a P-1 symmetry and could stabilize in the pressure range of 56-127 GPa. Detailed pressure-volume data and calculations of this phase indicate that MnN4 is a potential hard (255 GPa) and high energy density (2.97 kJ/g) material. The asymmetric interactions impel N1 and N4 atoms to hybridize to sp2-3, which causes distortions of [N4]n chains. This work discovers a new polynitride material, fills the gap for the study of manganese polynitride under high pressure, and offers some new insights into the formation of polymeric nitrogen structures.
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- Yuchen Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- Green Catalysis Center and college of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
- School of Physical Science and Technology, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
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Chen H, Bykov M, Batyrev IG, Brüning L, Bykova E, Mahmood MF, Chariton S, Prakapenka VB, Fedotenko T, Liermann HP, Glazyrin K, Steele A, Goncharov AF. High-pressure Synthesis of Cobalt Polynitrides: Unveiling Intriguing Crystal Structures and Nitridation Behavior. Chemistry 2024:e202400536. [PMID: 38527310 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202400536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2024] [Revised: 03/22/2024] [Accepted: 03/25/2024] [Indexed: 03/27/2024]
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In this study, we conduct extensive high-pressure experiments to investigate phase stability in the cobalt-nitrogen system. Through a combination of synthesis in a laser-heated diamond anvil cell, first-principles calculations, Raman spectroscopy, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction, we establish the stability fields of known high-pressure phases, hexagonal NiAs-type CoN, and marcasite-type CoN2 within the pressure range of 50-90 GPa. We synthesize and characterize previously unknown nitrides, Co3N2, Pnma-CoN and two polynitrides, CoN3 and CoN5, within the pressure range of 90-120 GPa. Both polynitrides exhibit novel types of polymeric nitrogen chains and networks. CoN3 feature branched-type nitrogen trimers (N3) and CoN5 show π-bonded nitrogen chain. As the nitrogen content in the cobalt nitride increases, the CoN6 polyhedral frameworks transit from face-sharing (in CoN) to edge-sharing (in CoN2 and CoN3), and finally to isolated (in CoN5). Our study provides insights into the intricate interplay between structure evolution, bonding arrangements, and high-pressure synthesis in polynitrides, expanding the knowledge for the development of advanced energy materials.
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- Huawei Chen
- Department of Mathematics, Howard University, Washington, DC, 20059, U.S.A
- The Earth and Planets Laboratory, Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, DC, 20015, U.S.A
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- Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Straße 7, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- U.S. Army Research Laboratory RDRLWML-B Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, 21005, U.S.A
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Cologne, Greinstrasse, 50939, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute of Geosciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Altenhöferallee 1, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Mathematics, Howard University, Washington, DC, 20059, U.S.A
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- Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, University of Chicago, Argonne, IL 60439, U.S.A
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- Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, University of Chicago, Argonne, IL 60439, U.S.A
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- Deutsches Elektronene-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronene-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- The Earth and Planets Laboratory, Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, DC, 20015, U.S.A
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- The Earth and Planets Laboratory, Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, DC, 20015, U.S.A
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Aslandukov A, Aslandukova A, Laniel D, Khandarkhaeva S, Yin Y, Akbar FI, Chariton S, Prakapenka V, Bright EL, Giacobbe C, Wright J, Comboni D, Hanfland M, Dubrovinskaia N, Dubrovinsky L. Stabilization of N 6 and N 8 anionic units and 2D polynitrogen layers in high-pressure scandium polynitrides. Nat Commun 2024; 15:2244. [PMID: 38472167 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46313-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2023] [Accepted: 02/14/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024] Open
Abstract
Nitrogen catenation under high pressure leads to the formation of polynitrogen compounds with potentially unique properties. The exploration of the entire spectrum of poly- and oligo-nitrogen moieties is still in its earliest stages. Here, we report on four novel scandium nitrides, Sc2N6, Sc2N8, ScN5, and Sc4N3, synthesized by direct reaction between yttrium and nitrogen at 78-125 GPa and 2500 K in laser-heated diamond anvil cells. High-pressure synchrotron single-crystal X-ray diffraction reveals that in the crystal structures of the nitrogen-rich Sc2N6, Sc2N8, and ScN5 phases nitrogen is catenated forming previously unknown N66- and N86- units and ∞ 2 ( N 5 3 - ) anionic corrugated 2D-polynitrogen layers consisting of fused N12 rings. Density functional theory calculations, confirming the dynamical stability of the synthesized compounds, show that Sc2N6 and Sc2N8 possess an anion-driven metallicity, while ScN5 is an indirect semiconductor. Sc2N6, Sc2N8, and ScN5 solids are promising high-energy-density materials with calculated volumetric energy density, detonation velocity, and detonation pressure higher than those of TNT.
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- Andrey Aslandukov
- Bavarian Research Institute of Experimental Geochemistry and Geophysics (BGI), University of Bayreuth, 95440, Bayreuth, Germany.
- Material Physics and Technology at Extreme Conditions, Laboratory of Crystallography, University of Bayreuth, 95440, Bayreuth, Germany.
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- Bavarian Research Institute of Experimental Geochemistry and Geophysics (BGI), University of Bayreuth, 95440, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions and School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, EH9 3FD, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Bavarian Research Institute of Experimental Geochemistry and Geophysics (BGI), University of Bayreuth, 95440, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Material Physics and Technology at Extreme Conditions, Laboratory of Crystallography, University of Bayreuth, 95440, Bayreuth, Germany
- Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, SE-581 83, Linköping, Sweden
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- Bavarian Research Institute of Experimental Geochemistry and Geophysics (BGI), University of Bayreuth, 95440, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- Material Physics and Technology at Extreme Conditions, Laboratory of Crystallography, University of Bayreuth, 95440, Bayreuth, Germany
- Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, SE-581 83, Linköping, Sweden
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- Bavarian Research Institute of Experimental Geochemistry and Geophysics (BGI), University of Bayreuth, 95440, Bayreuth, Germany
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Yao C, Dou KL, Yang Y, Li C, Sun CQ, Sun J, He C, Zhang L, Pang S. Nonbonding Electron Delocalization Stabilizes the Flexible N 8 Molecular Assembly. J Phys Chem Lett 2024; 15:1507-1514. [PMID: 38299556 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c03285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2024]
Abstract
Electron delocalization has an important impact on the physical properties of condensed materials. However, the L-electron delocalization in inorganic, especially nitrogen, compounds needs exploitation to improve the energy efficiency, safety, and environmental sustainability of high-energy-density materials (HEDMs). This Letter presents an intriguing N8 molecule, ingeniously utilizing nitrogen's L-electron delocalization. The molecule, exhibiting a unique lollipop-shaped conformation, can fold at various angles with very low energy barriers, self-assembling into environmentally stable, all-nitrogen crystals. These crystals demonstrate unparalleled stability, high energy density, low mechanical sensitivity, and optimal electronic thermal conductivity, outperforming existing HEDMs. The remarkable properties of these designed materials are attributed to two distinct delocalized systems within nitrogen's L-shell: π- and lone pair σ-electrons, which not only stabilize the molecular structure but also facilitate interconnected 3D networks of intermolecular nonbonding interactions. This work might pave the way to the experimental synthesis of environmentally stable all-nitrogen solids.
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- Chuang Yao
- Key Laboratory of Extraordinary Bond Engineering and Advance Materials Technology (EBEAM) of Chongqing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Yangtze Normal University, Chongqing 408100, China
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- School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- Key Laboratory of Extraordinary Bond Engineering and Advance Materials Technology (EBEAM) of Chongqing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Yangtze Normal University, Chongqing 408100, China
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- College of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Chongqing Industry Polytechnic College, Chongqing 401120, China
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- Research Institute of Interdisciplinary Science & School of Materials Science and Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan 523808, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, People's Republic of China
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- School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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- School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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Lin S, Chen J, Zhang B, Hao J, Xu M, Li Y. Lanthanium nitride LaN 9 featuring azide units: the first metal nine-nitride as a high-energy-density material. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:3605-3613. [PMID: 38214951 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp06155h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2024]
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High-pressure phase diagrams of the La-N binary system were systematically constructed using the CALYPSO method and first-principles calculations. In addition to the pressure-induced La-N compounds reported previously, we have uncovered a hitherto unknown LaN9 structure in Pm3̄ symmetry stabilized within a narrow pressure range of 20-24.5 GPa. Notably, LaN9 stands as the first thermodynamically stable metal nine-nitrogen compound, featuring centrosymmetric linear N3 anion units and an edge-sharing LaN12 icosahedron. Charge transfer between the La and N atoms plays a crucial role in facilitating structural stability. Furthermore, we identified a novel Cm phase for LaN8, which has a lower enthalpy compared to the previously reported phase. N atoms in Cm LaN8 are polymerized into infinite N∞ chains. Calculations demonstrate the potential recoverability of LaN9 and Cm LaN8 under atmospheric conditions while preserving their initial polynitrogen configuration. From the perspective of detonation pressure and detonation velocity, LaN9 and Cm LaN8 exhibit excellent explosive performance in comparison to TNT and HMX, with estimated energy densities of 0.9 and 1.54 kJ g-1, respectively, indicating their potential utility as high-energy-density materials.
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- Shuyi Lin
- Laboratory of Quantum Functional Materials Design and Application, School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China.
- Department of Applied Physics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hunghom, Hong Kong, China
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- Laboratory of Quantum Functional Materials Design and Application, School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China.
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- Laboratory of Quantum Functional Materials Design and Application, School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China.
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- Laboratory of Quantum Functional Materials Design and Application, School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China.
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- Laboratory of Quantum Functional Materials Design and Application, School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China.
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- Laboratory of Quantum Functional Materials Design and Application, School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China.
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Asano S, Niwa K, Lawler KV, Kawaguchi-Imada S, Sasaki T, Hasegawa M. High-Pressure Synthesis of a High-Pressure Phase of MnN Having NiAs-Type Structure. Inorg Chem 2023. [PMID: 37993285 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c03241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2023]
Abstract
A novel high-pressure phase of manganese mononitride, NiAs-type MnN, was successfully synthesized through a pressure-induced phase transition from a tetragonal distorted NaCl-type MnN at pressures above approximately 55 GPa. High-pressure experiments, including starting material preparation, were conducted using a laser-heated diamond anvil cell. This result is the first example of a nitride with a structural phase transition from the distorted NaCl-type to the NiAs-type structure. Upon decompression after the phase transition to NiAs-type structure, the NiAs-type MnN underwent a structural change to the distorted NaCl-type phase, indicating the phase transition was reversible. NiAs-type MnN has a higher density and bulk modulus in comparison to the distorted NaCl-type one. The phase transition pressure of MnN is lower than that of oxides, such as FeO and MnO, which show a structural phase transition from a NaCl-type to a NiAs-type structure. It is suggested that this is due to the lattice distortion caused by antiferromagnetic ordering.
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- Shuto Asano
- Department of Materials Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Materials Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8603, Japan
- Research Center for Crystalline Materials Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8603, Japan
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- Nevada Extreme Conditions Laboratory, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada 89154, United States
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- Department of Materials Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Materials Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8603, Japan
- Research Center for Crystalline Materials Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8603, Japan
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Brüning L, Jena N, Bykova E, Jurzick PL, Flosbach NT, Mezouar M, Hanfland M, Giordano N, Fedotenko T, Winkler B, Abrikosov IA, Bykov M. Stabilization of Guanidinate Anions [CN 3 ] 5- in Calcite-Type SbCN 3. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202311519. [PMID: 37776234 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202311519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2023] [Revised: 09/21/2023] [Accepted: 09/28/2023] [Indexed: 10/02/2023]
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The stabilization of nitrogen-rich phases presents a significant chemical challenge due to the inherent stability of the dinitrogen molecule. This stabilization can be achieved by utilizing strong covalent bonds in complex anions with carbon, such as cyanide CN- and NCN2- carbodiimide, while more nitrogen-rich carbonitrides are hitherto unknown. Following a rational chemical design approach, we synthesized antimony guanidinate SbCN3 at pressures of 32-38 GPa using various synthetic routes in laser-heated diamond anvil cells. SbCN3 , which is isostructural to calcite CaCO3 , can be recovered under ambient conditions. Its structure contains the previously elusive guanidinate anion [CN3 ]5- , marking a fundamental milestone in carbonitride chemistry. The crystal structure of SbCN3 was solved and refined from synchrotron single-crystal X-ray diffraction data and was fully corroborated by theoretical calculations, which also predict that SbCN3 has a direct band gap with the value of 2.20 eV. This study opens a straightforward route to the entire new family of inorganic nitridocarbonates.
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- Lukas Brüning
- Institute for inorganic Chemistry, University of Cologne, 50939, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, Linköping, SE-58183, Sweden
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- Institute of Geosciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60438, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institute for inorganic Chemistry, University of Cologne, 50939, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute for inorganic Chemistry, University of Cologne, 50939, Cologne, Germany
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble Cedex, F-38043, France
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble Cedex, F-38043, France
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Geosciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60438, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, Linköping, SE-58183, Sweden
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- Institute for inorganic Chemistry, University of Cologne, 50939, Cologne, Germany
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Ding C, Yuan J, Han Y, Zhang Z, Jia Q, Wang J, Sun J. Purely single-bonded spiral nitrogen chains stabilized by trivalent lanthanum ions. J Chem Phys 2023; 159:184703. [PMID: 37942868 DOI: 10.1063/5.0176226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2023] [Accepted: 10/13/2023] [Indexed: 11/10/2023] Open
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Inspired by the single-bonded nitrogen chains stabilized by tetravalent cerium, pentavalent tantalum, and hexavalent tungsten atoms, we explored the possibility of single-bonded nitrogen polymorphs stabilized by trivalent lanthanum ions. To achieve this, we utilized the crystal structure search method on the phase diagram of binary La-N compounds. We identified three novel thermodynamically stable phases, the C2/c LaN3, P-1 LaN4, and P-1 LaN8. Among them, the C2/c phase with infinite helical poly-N6 chains becomes thermodynamically stable above 50 GPa. Each nitrogen atom in the poly-N6 chain acquires one extra electron, and the spiral chain is purely single-bonded. The C2/c phase has an indirect band gap of ∼1.6 eV at 60 GPa. Notably, the band gap exhibits non-monotonic behavior, decreases first and then increases with increasing pressure. This abnormal behavior is attributed to the significant bonding of two La-N bonds at around 35 GPa. Phonon spectrum calculations and AIMD simulations have confirmed that the C2/c phase can be quenched to ambient conditions with slight distortion, and it exhibits excellent detonation properties. Additionally, we also discovered armchair-like nitrogen chains in LaN4 and the armchair and zigzag-like mixed nitrogen chains in LaN8. These results provide valuable insights into the electronic and bonding properties of nitrides under high pressure and may have important implications for the design and development of novel functional materials.
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- Chi Ding
- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
- School of Physics and Electronic Information, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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Yao S, Li J, Huang L, Xie X, Dong H, Long H, Zhang X, Wu F, Mu Z, Wen M. Pressure-induced novel ZrN 4 semiconductor materials with high dielectric constants: a first-principles study. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:28727-28734. [PMID: 37850232 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp03949h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2023]
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In addition to Zr3N4 and ZrN2 compounds, zirconium nitrides with a rich family of phases always exhibit metal phases. By employing an evolutionary algorithm approach and first-principles calculations, we predicted seven novel semiconductor phases for the ZrN4 system at 0-150 GPa. Through calculating phonon dispersions, we identified four dynamically stable semiconductor structures under ambient pressure, namely, α-P1̄, β-P1̄, γ-P1̄, and β-P1 (with bandgaps of 1.03 eV, 1.10 eV, 2.33 eV, and 1.49 eV calculated using the HSE06 hybrid density functional, respectively). The calculated work functions and dielectric functions show that the four dynamically stable semiconductor structures are all high dielectric constant (high-k) materials, among which the β-P1̄ phase has the largest static dielectric constant (3.9 times that of SiO2). Furthermore, we explored band structures using the HSE06 functional and density of states (DOS) and the response of bandgaps to pressure using the PBE functional for the four new semiconductor configurations. The results show that the bandgap responses of the four structures exhibit significant differences when hydrostatic pressure is applied from 0 to 150 GPa.
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- Shaoting Yao
- School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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- School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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- School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan Key Laboratory for Super-microstructure and Ultrafast Process, Central South University, 932 South Lushan Road, Changsha, Hunan 410083, P. R. China
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- School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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- School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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- School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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- School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Experimental Teaching Department, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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Sui M, Liu S, Wang P, Zou N, Dong Q, Zhou M, Niu S, Yue L, Zhao Z, Guo L, Liu B, Liu R, Xu Y, Yao Z, Liu B. High-pressure synthesis of fully sp 2-hybridized polymeric nitrogen layer in potassium supernitride. Sci Bull (Beijing) 2023:S2095-9273(23)00412-7. [PMID: 37438156 DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2023.06.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2023] [Revised: 06/16/2023] [Accepted: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/14/2023]
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Searching for fully sp2-hybridized layered structures is of fundamental importance because of their fascinating physical properties and potential to host topologically non-trivial electronic states. However, the synthesis of fully sp2-hybridized layered polymeric nitrogen structures remains a challenging work because of their low stability. Here, we report the synthesis of a fully sp2-hybridized layered polymeric nitrogen structure featuring fused 18-membered rings in potassium supernitride (K2N16) under high-pressure and high-temperature conditions. Bader charge analysis reveals that the potassium atomic layer stabilizes the unique sp2-hybridized polymeric nitrogen layers through the charge transfer effect in K2N16. The calculation of electronic structure indicates that K2N16 is a topological semimetal with multiple Dirac points and hosts higher-order Dirac fermions with cubic dispersion, which are contributed by the sp2-hybridized polymeric nitrogen layers arranged in P6/mcc symmetry. The high-pressure synthesis of the fully sp2-hybridized polymeric nitrogen layered structure provides promising prospects for exploring novel topological materials with effective stabilization routes.
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- Minghong Sui
- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Quantum Physics and Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China; Institute for High Pressure, Department of Physics, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Quantum Physics and Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China.
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Feng Q, Xiao X, Dai W, Sun W, Ding K, Lu C. Predicted the structural diversity and electronic properties of Pt-N compounds under high pressure. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2023; 35:285501. [PMID: 37054735 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/acccc5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2022] [Accepted: 04/13/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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The nitrogen-rich transition metal nitrides have attracted considerable attention due to their potential application as high energy density materials. Here, a systematic theoretical study of PtNxcompounds has been performed by combining first-principles calculations and particle swarm-optimized structure search method at high pressure. The results indicate that several unconventional stoichiometries of PtN2, PtN4, PtN5, and Pt3N4compounds are stabilized at moderate pressure of 50 GPa. Moreover, some of these structures are dynamically stable even when the pressure release to ambient pressure. TheP1-phase of PtN4and theP1-phase of PtN5can release about 1.23 kJ g-1and 1.71 kJ g-1, respectively, upon the decomposition into elemental Pt and N2. The electronic structure analysis shows that all crystal structures are indirect band gap semiconductors, except for the metallic Pt3N4withPcphase, and the metallic Pt3N4is a superconductor with estimated critical temperatureTcvalues of 3.6 K at 50 GPa. These findings not only enrich the understanding of transition metal platinum nitrides, but also provide valuable insights for the experimental exploration of multifunctional polynitrogen compounds.
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- Quanchao Feng
- Department of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434023, People's Republic of China
- School of Mathematics and Physics, Jingchu University of Technology, Jingmen 448000, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434023, People's Republic of China
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, Jingchu University of Technology, Jingmen 448000, People's Republic of China
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- College of Physics and Electronic Information & Henan Key Laboratory of Electromagnetic Transformation and Detection, Luoyang Normal University, Luoyang 471022, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fluorine & Nitrogen Chemicals, Xi'an 710065, People's Republic of China
- Xi'an Modern Chemistry Research Institute, Xi'an 710065, People's Republic of China
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan 430074, People's Republic of China
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Laniel D, Trybel F, Yin Y, Fedotenko T, Khandarkhaeva S, Aslandukov A, Aprilis G, Abrikosov AI, Bin Masood T, Giacobbe C, Bright EL, Glazyrin K, Hanfland M, Wright J, Hotz I, Abrikosov IA, Dubrovinsky L, Dubrovinskaia N. Aromatic hexazine [N 6] 4- anion featured in the complex structure of the high-pressure potassium nitrogen compound K 9N 56. Nat Chem 2023; 15:641-646. [PMID: 36879075 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-023-01148-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2021] [Accepted: 01/26/2023] [Indexed: 03/08/2023]
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The recent high-pressure synthesis of pentazolates and the subsequent stabilization of the aromatic [N5]- anion at atmospheric pressure have had an immense impact on nitrogen chemistry. Other aromatic nitrogen species have also been actively sought, including the hexaazabenzene N6 ring. Although a variety of configurations and geometries have been proposed based on ab initio calculations, one that stands out as a likely candidate is the aromatic hexazine anion [N6]4-. Here we present the synthesis of this species, realized in the high-pressure potassium nitrogen compound K9N56 formed at high pressures (46 and 61 GPa) and high temperature (estimated to be above 2,000 K) by direct reaction between nitrogen and KN3 in a laser-heated diamond anvil cell. The complex structure of K9N56-composed of 520 atoms per unit cell-was solved based on synchrotron single-crystal X-ray diffraction and corroborated by density functional theory calculations. The observed hexazine anion [N6]4- is planar and proposed to be aromatic.
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- Dominique Laniel
- Material Physics and Technology at Extreme Conditions, Laboratory of Crystallography, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany. .,Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions and School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
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- Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Material Physics and Technology at Extreme Conditions, Laboratory of Crystallography, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany.,State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Material Physics and Technology at Extreme Conditions, Laboratory of Crystallography, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Material Physics and Technology at Extreme Conditions, Laboratory of Crystallography, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Department of Science and Technology (ITN), Linköping University, Norrköping, Sweden
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- Department of Science and Technology (ITN), Linköping University, Norrköping, Sweden
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- Department of Science and Technology (ITN), Linköping University, Norrköping, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Material Physics and Technology at Extreme Conditions, Laboratory of Crystallography, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany.,Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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Aslandukov A, Trybel F, Aslandukova A, Laniel D, Fedotenko T, Khandarkhaeva S, Aprilis G, Giacobbe C, Lawrence Bright E, Abrikosov IA, Dubrovinsky L, Dubrovinskaia N. Anionic N
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at 100 GPa. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202207469. [PMID: 35726633 PMCID: PMC9546263 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202207469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Andrey Aslandukov
- Material Physics and Technology at Extreme Conditions Laboratory of Crystallography University of Bayreuth Universitätstrasse 30 95440 Bayreuth Germany
- Bayerisches Geoinstitut University of Bayreuth Universitätstrasse 30 95440 Bayreuth Germany
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- Department of Physics Chemistry and Biology (IFM) Linköping University 58183 Linköping Sweden
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- Bayerisches Geoinstitut University of Bayreuth Universitätstrasse 30 95440 Bayreuth Germany
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- Material Physics and Technology at Extreme Conditions Laboratory of Crystallography University of Bayreuth Universitätstrasse 30 95440 Bayreuth Germany
- Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions and School of Physics and Astronomy University of Edinburgh Edinburgh EH9 3FD UK
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- Photon Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron Notkestrasse 85 22607 Hamburg Germany
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- Material Physics and Technology at Extreme Conditions Laboratory of Crystallography University of Bayreuth Universitätstrasse 30 95440 Bayreuth Germany
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility BP 220 38043 Grenoble Cedex France
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility BP 220 38043 Grenoble Cedex France
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- Department of Physics Chemistry and Biology (IFM) Linköping University 58183 Linköping Sweden
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- Bayerisches Geoinstitut University of Bayreuth Universitätstrasse 30 95440 Bayreuth Germany
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- Material Physics and Technology at Extreme Conditions Laboratory of Crystallography University of Bayreuth Universitätstrasse 30 95440 Bayreuth Germany
- Department of Physics Chemistry and Biology (IFM) Linköping University 58183 Linköping Sweden
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Wojciechowski P, Lewandowski M. Iron Nitride Thin Films: Growth, Structure, and Properties. CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN 2022; 22:4618-4639. [PMID: 35818386 PMCID: PMC9267165 DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.1c01528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The current state-of-the-art in the growth, structure, and physicochemical properties of iron nitride thin films is presented. First, different iron nitride phases are introduced based on their crystallographic structure and the Fe-N phase diagram. Second, preparation methods for thin iron nitride films are described. Next, the structure, electronic, and magnetic properties of the films are discussed. Finally, potential applications of iron nitride films, as well as the challenges to be faced in the field, are highlighted. This Review constitutes a starting point for anyone who would like to conduct research on these fascinating materials, the scientific and technological potential of which has not been fully explored to date.
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- Paweł Wojciechowski
- NanoBioMedical
Centre, Adam Mickiewicz University, Wszechnicy Piastowskiej 3, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
- Institute
of Molecular Physics, Polish Academy of
Sciences, M. Smoluchowskiego
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- NanoBioMedical
Centre, Adam Mickiewicz University, Wszechnicy Piastowskiej 3, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
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Aslandukov A, Trybel F, Aslandukova A, Laniel D, Fedotenko T, Khandarkhaeva S, Aprilis G, Giacobbe C, Lawrence Bright E, Abrikosov IA, Dubrovinsky L, Dubrovinskaia N. Anionic N18 Macrocycles and a Polynitrogen Double Helix in Novel Yttrium Polynitrides YN6 and Y2N11 at 100 GPa. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202207469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Andrey Aslandukov
- University of Bayreuth: Universitat Bayreuth Laboratory of Crystallography Universitätstrasse 30 95440 Bayreuth GERMANY
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- Linkopings universitet Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM) SWEDEN
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- University of Bayreuth: Universitat Bayreuth Bayerisches Geoinstitut GERMANY
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- The University of Edinburgh Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions and School of Physics and Astronomy UNITED KINGDOM
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- DESY: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron Photon Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron GERMANY
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- University of Bayreuth: Universitat Bayreuth Material Physics and Technology at Extreme Conditions, Laboratory of Crystallography GERMANY
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- Linköping University: Linkopings universitet Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM) SWEDEN
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- University of Bayreuth: Universitat Bayreuth Bayerisches Geoinstitut GERMANY
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- University of Bayreuth: Universitat Bayreuth Material Physics and Technology at Extreme Conditions, Laboratory of Crystallography GERMANY
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Conferring all-nitrogen aromatics extra stability by acidic trapping. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.118939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Stabilization of hexazine rings in potassium polynitride at high pressure. Nat Chem 2022; 14:794-800. [PMID: 35449217 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-022-00925-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2020] [Accepted: 03/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Polynitrogen molecules are attractive for high-energy-density materials due to energy stored in nitrogen-nitrogen bonds; however, it remains challenging to find energy-efficient synthetic routes and stabilization mechanisms for these compounds. Direct synthesis from molecular dinitrogen requires overcoming large activation barriers and the reaction products are prone to inherent inhomogeneity. Here we report the synthesis of planar N62- hexazine dianions, stabilized in K2N6, from potassium azide (KN3) on laser heating in a diamond anvil cell at pressures above 45 GPa. The resulting K2N6, which exhibits a metallic lustre, remains metastable down to 20 GPa. Synchrotron X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy were used to identify this material, through good agreement with the theoretically predicted structural, vibrational and electronic properties for K2N6. The N62- rings characterized here are likely to be present in other high-energy-density materials stabilized by pressure. Under 30 GPa, an unusual N20.75--containing compound with the formula K3(N2)4 was formed instead.
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Du H, Guo W. Novel polymerization of nitrogen in zinc nitrides at high pressures. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2022; 34:235702. [PMID: 35294933 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ac5e76] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2021] [Accepted: 03/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Nitrogen-rich compounds containing polynitrogen are attractive candidates for high-energy-density materials. In this work, using first-principles calculations and a particle swarm optimization structural search method, four novel nitrogen-rich structures are predicted at high pressures, i.e., two ZnN3phases with the same space groupP1 (low-pressure phase LP-ZnN3and high-pressure phase HP-ZnN3),Cmm2-ZnN5andPcc2-ZnN6, the energy density are estimated to be 1.41 kJ g-1, 1.88 kJ g-1, 4.07 kJ g-1, and 2.60 kJ g-1, respectively. LP-ZnN3(54-72 GPa) and HP-ZnN3(above 72 GPa) have the lowest enthalpies in all known ZnN3phases, and the N6chains in LP-ZnN3polymerize into infinite nitrogen chains in HP-ZnN3at 72 GPa, showing a narrow-band-gap-semiconductor to metallic phase transition. Interestingly,P1-ZnN3has a superconducting transition temperature of 6.2 K at 50 GPa and 16.3 K at 100 GPa. InCmm2-ZnN5andPcc2-ZnN6, nitrogen atoms polymerize into three-dimensional network structures and network layers under high pressures. Those predicted structures may enrich the phase diagram of high-pressure zinc nitrides, and provide clues for synthesis and exploration of novel stable polymeric nitrogen.
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- Huifang Du
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Optoelectronic Quantum Architecture and Measurement (MOE), School of Physics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Optoelectronic Quantum Architecture and Measurement (MOE), School of Physics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, People's Republic of China
- Frontiers Science Center for High Energy Material (MOE), Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory of Explosion Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, People's Republic of China
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Jiao F, Huang X, Zhang C, Xie W. High-pressure phases of a Mn-N system. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:1830-1839. [PMID: 34986210 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp04386b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Highly compressed extended states of light elemental solids have emerged recently as a novel group of energetic materials. The application of these materials is seriously limited by the energy-safety contradiction, because the material with high energy density is highly metastable and can hardly be recovered under ambient conditions. Recently, it has been found that high-energy density transition metal polynitrides could be synthesized at ∼100 GPa and recovered at ∼20 GPa. Inspired by these findings, we have studied a high-pressure Mn-N system from the aspects of structure, stability, phase transition, energy density and electronic structure theoretically for the first time. The results reveal that MnN4_P1̄ consisting of [N4]∞2- is thermodynamically stable at 36.9-100 GPa, dynamically stable at 0 GPa and has a noticeably high volumetric energy density of 15.71 kJ cm-3. Upon decompression, this structure will transform to MnN4_C2/m with the transition barrier declining sharply at 5-10 GPa due to the switching of transition pathways. Hence, we propose MnN4_P1̄ as a potential energetic material that is synthesizable above 40 GPa and recoverable until 10 GPa.
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- Fangbao Jiao
- Institute of Chemical Materials, China Academy of Engineering Physics, P. O. Box 919-311, Mianyang, Sichuan, 621999, China.
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- Institute of Chemical Materials, China Academy of Engineering Physics, P. O. Box 919-311, Mianyang, Sichuan, 621999, China. .,School of Physics and Optoelectronics, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, Hunan, 411105, China
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- Institute of Chemical Materials, China Academy of Engineering Physics, P. O. Box 919-311, Mianyang, Sichuan, 621999, China.
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- Institute of Chemical Materials, China Academy of Engineering Physics, P. O. Box 919-311, Mianyang, Sichuan, 621999, China.
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Zhou Y, Jiang X, Zheng Y, Xie SY, Feng Y, Chen K. Predicted stable high-pressure phases of copper-nitrogen compounds. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2021; 34:025401. [PMID: 34638113 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ac2f10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2021] [Accepted: 10/12/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The nitrogen-rich compounds are promising candidates for high-energy-density applications, owing to the large difference in the bonding energy between triple and single/double nitrogen bonds. The exploration of stable copper-nitrogen (Cu-N) compounds with high-energy-density has been challenging for a long time. Recently, through a combination of high temperatures and pressures, a new copper diazenide compound (P63/mmc-CuN2) has been synthesized (Binnset al2019J. Phys. Chem. Lett.101109-1114). But the pressure-composition phase diagram of Cu-N compounds at different temperatures is still highly unclear. Here, by combining first-principles calculations with crystal structure prediction method, the Cu-N compounds with different stoichiometric ratios were searched within the pressure range of 0-150 GPa. Four Cu-N compounds are predicted to be thermodynamically stable at high pressures,Pnnm-CuN2, two CuN3compounds with theP-1 space group (named as I-CuN3and II-CuN3) andP21/m-CuN5containing cyclo-N5-. Finite temperature effects (vibrational energies) play a key role in stabilizing experimentally synthesizedP63/mmc-CuN2at ∼55 GPa, compared to our predictedPnnm-CuN2. These new Cu-N compounds show great promise for potential applications as high-energy-density materials with the energy densities of 1.57-2.74 kJ g-1.
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- Yuting Zhou
- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Structural Physics & Devices, School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, People's Republic of China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Structural Physics & Devices, School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, People's Republic of China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Structural Physics & Devices, School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, People's Republic of China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Structural Physics & Devices, School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, People's Republic of China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Structural Physics & Devices, School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, People's Republic of China
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Structural Physics & Devices, School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, People's Republic of China
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Mystkowska J, Powojska A, Łysik D, Niewęgłowska J, Bermúdez GSC, Mystkowski A, Makarov D. The Effect of Physiological Incubation on the Properties of Elastic Magnetic Composites for Soft Biomedical Sensors. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 21:7122. [PMID: 34770427 PMCID: PMC8588498 DOI: 10.3390/s21217122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2021] [Revised: 10/21/2021] [Accepted: 10/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Magnetic micro- and nanoparticles (MPs)-based composite materials are widely used in various applications in electronics, biotechnology, and medicine. This group of silicone composites have advantageous magnetic and mechanical properties as well as sufficient flexibility and biocompatibility. These composites can be applied in medicine for biological sensing, drug delivery, tissue engineering, and as remote-controlled microrobots operating in vivo. In this work, the properties of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)-based composites with different percentages (30 wt.%, 50 wt.%, 70 wt.%) of NdFeB microparticles as a filler were characterized. The novelty of the work was to determine the influence of the percentage of MP content and physiological conditioning on the properties of the PDMS-MP composites after in vitro incubation. An important essence of the work was a comprehensive study of the properties of materials important from the point of view of medical applications. Materials were tested before and after conditioning in 0.9 wt.% NaCl solution at a temperature of 37 °C. Several studies were carried out, including thermal, physicochemical, and rheological tests. The results show that with an increase of the incubation time, most of the measured thermal and physicochemical parameters decreased. The presence of the magnetic filler, especially at a concentration of 70 wt.%, has a positive effect on thermal stability and physicochemical and rheological properties. The performed tests provided important results, which can lead to further research for a broader application of magnetic composites in the biomedical field.
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- Joanna Mystkowska
- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Bialystok University of Technology, Wiejska 45C, 15-351 Bialystok, Poland; (A.P.); (D.Ł.); (J.N.)
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Bialystok University of Technology, Wiejska 45C, 15-351 Bialystok, Poland; (A.P.); (D.Ł.); (J.N.)
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Bialystok University of Technology, Wiejska 45C, 15-351 Bialystok, Poland; (A.P.); (D.Ł.); (J.N.)
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Bialystok University of Technology, Wiejska 45C, 15-351 Bialystok, Poland; (A.P.); (D.Ł.); (J.N.)
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V., Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany; (G.S.C.B.); (D.M.)
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- Department of Automatic Control and Robotics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Bialystok University of Technology, Wiejska 45D, 15-351 Bialystok, Poland;
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V., Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research, Bautzner Landstrasse 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany; (G.S.C.B.); (D.M.)
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Kloß SD, Attfield JP. Low-dimensional magnetism in calcium nitridonickelate(II) Ca 2NiN 2. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:10427-10430. [PMID: 34549238 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc04001d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Calcium nitridonickelate(II) Ca2NiN2 has been prepared through a high-temperature and high-pressure azide-mediated redox reaction, demonstrating that this method can stabilise nitrides of late transition metals in relatively high oxidation states. Ca2NiN2 crystallizes in the Na2HgO2 structure type and displays low-dimensional antiferromagnetic ordering of Ni2+ spins.
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- Simon D Kloß
- Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, UK.
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- Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, UK.
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Kloß SD, Weidemann ML, Attfield JP. Preparation of Bulk‐Phase Nitride Perovskite LaReN
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2. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202108759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Simon D. Kloß
- Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions University of Edinburgh Edinburgh EH9 3FD UK
- Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich Department Chemistry 81377 Munich Germany
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- Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich Department Chemistry 81377 Munich Germany
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- Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions University of Edinburgh Edinburgh EH9 3FD UK
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Kloß SD, Weidemann ML, Attfield JP. Preparation of Bulk-Phase Nitride Perovskite LaReN 3 and Topotactic Reduction to LaNiO 2 -Type LaReN 2. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:22260-22264. [PMID: 34355842 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202108759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2021] [Revised: 08/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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While halide and oxide perovskites are numerous and many display outstanding properties, ABN3 perovskite nitrides are extremely rare due to synthetic challenges arising from the low chemical potential of nitrogen and a tendency to form low-coordination nitridometallate anions. We report the preparation of a perovskite nitride LaReN3 through azide-mediated oxidation at high pressure. High-resolution synchrotron diffraction shows that LaReN3 has a low-symmetry, triclinic, perovskite superstructure resulting from orbital ordering with strong spin-orbit coupling distortions. Topotactic reduction of LaReN3 above 500 °C leads to layered tetragonal LaReN2 via a probable LaReN2.5 intermediate, which is the first reported example of nitride defect perovskites. Magnetisation and conductivity measurements indicate that LaReN3 and LaReN2 are both metallic solids. The two chemical approaches presented are expected to lead to new classes of ABN3 and defect ABN3-x nitride perovskite materials.
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- Simon D Kloß
- Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FD, UK.,Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Department Chemistry, 81377, Munich, Germany
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- Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Department Chemistry, 81377, Munich, Germany
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- Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FD, UK
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Laniel D, Aslandukova AA, Aslandukov AN, Fedotenko T, Chariton S, Glazyrin K, Prakapenka VB, Dubrovinsky LS, Dubrovinskaia N. High-Pressure Synthesis of the β-Zn 3N 2 Nitride and the α-ZnN 4 and β-ZnN 4 Polynitrogen Compounds. Inorg Chem 2021; 60:14594-14601. [PMID: 34520208 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c01532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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High-pressure nitrogen chemistry has expanded at a formidable rate over the past decade, unveiling the chemical richness of nitrogen. Here, the Zn-N system is investigated in laser-heated diamond anvil cells by synchrotron powder and single-crystal X-ray diffraction, revealing three hitherto unobserved nitrogen compounds: β-Zn3N2, α-ZnN4, and β-ZnN4, formed at 35.0, 63.5, and 81.7 GPa, respectively. Whereas β-Zn3N2 contains the N3- nitride, both ZnN4 solids are found to be composed of polyacetylene-like [N4]∞2- chains. Upon the decompression of β-ZnN4 below 72.7 GPa, a first-order displacive phase transition is observed from β-ZnN4 to α-ZnN4. The α-ZnN4 phase is detected down to 11.0 GPa, at lower pressures decomposing into the known α-Zn3N2 (space group Ia3̅) and N2. The equations of states of β-ZnN4 and α-ZnN4 are also determined, and their bulk moduli are found to be K0 = 126(9) GPa and K0 = 76(12) GPa, respectively. Density functional theory calculations were also performed and provide further insight into the Zn-N system. Moreover, comparing the Mg-N and Zn-N systems underlines the importance of minute chemical differences between metal cations in the resulting synthesized phases.
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- Dominique Laniel
- Material Physics and Technology at Extreme Conditions, Laboratory of Crystallography, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Material Physics and Technology at Extreme Conditions, Laboratory of Crystallography, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Material Physics and Technology at Extreme Conditions, Laboratory of Crystallography, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Photon Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Material Physics and Technology at Extreme Conditions, Laboratory of Crystallography, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany.,Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, SE-581 83, Linköping, Sweden
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Liu S, Liu R, Li H, Yao Z, Shi X, Wang P, Liu B. Cobalt-Nitrogen Compounds at High Pressure. Inorg Chem 2021; 60:14022-14030. [PMID: 34459583 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c01304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The high-pressure phase diagram of Co-N compounds is enriched by proposing five stable phases (Pnnm-Co2N, Pmn21-Co2N, Pmna-CoN, Pnnm-CoN2, and P1̅-CoN4) and two metastable phases (P3̅1c-CoN8 and P1̅-CoN10). A systematic study has been performed for revealing the novel polymeric nitrogen structure and the outstanding properties of predicted polynitrides, such as structural characterization, energy analysis, stability analysis, and electronic analysis. P3̅1c-CoN8 with the novel layer-shaped N-structure and P1̅-CoN10 with the novel band-shaped N-structure are first reported in this work. Moreover, P3̅1c-CoN8 (6.14 kJ/g) and P1̅-CoN10 (5.18 kJ/g) with high energy density can be quenched down to ambient conditions. The proposed seven high-pressure phases are all metallic phases. A weak ionic bond interaction is observed between the Co and N atoms, while a strong N-N covalent bond interaction is observed in the Pnnm-CoN2, P1̅-CoN4, P3̅1c-CoN8, and P1̅-CoN10 phases. The N atoms in the polynitrides hybridize in the sp2 state, for which the hybrid orbitals are constructed by the σ bond or lone electronic pair. The charge transfer between the Co and N atoms plays an important role to the structural stability. Moreover, the vibrational analysis of P3̅1c-CoN8 and P1̅-CoN10 phases is performed to guide the future experimental study.
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- Shuang Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P.R. China
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- Aviation University of Air Force, Changchun 130022, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P.R. China
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Pang J, Jin W, Kuang X, Lu C. Two-Dimensional Fe 8N Nanosheets: Ferromagnets and Nitrogen Diffusion. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:8453-8459. [PMID: 34448584 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c02242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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We perform a first-principles study and identify two intriguing ferromagnets, hollow-Fe8N (H-Fe8N) and bridge-Fe8N (B-Fe8N) monolayers, by extensive structural searches. Both H-Fe8N and B-Fe8N nanosheets are buckled triangular lattices with a similar motif, but they are distinguishable by the positions of N atoms. The magnetic and electronic properties show that H-Fe8N is a low-spin ferromagnet; in contrast, B-Fe8N is a high-spin ferromagnet, which originates from the 3d orbital splitting of the Fe atom due to the low/high symmetric crystal field. Surprisingly, two stable Fe8N monolayers can be transferred to each other by N atom diffusion from the bridge position to the hollow position with the migration energy barrier of 1.5 eV. The energy barrier is affected by introduced Fe defects and rare earth metal dopants. These findings introduce a new tactic to regulate the 2D Fe-nitride monolayers at the atomic scale.
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- Jiafei Pang
- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan 430074, China
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Chang CC, Sasaki T, Gaida NA, Niwa K, Hasegawa M. Crystal and Electronic Structure of U 7Te 12-Type Tungsten Nitride Synthesized under High Pressure. Inorg Chem 2021; 60:13278-13283. [PMID: 34436875 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c01633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Tungsten nitride continues to drive fundamental interests because of its potential as a functional compound, which combines features such as high hardness together with thermal, chemical, and wear resistance. Here, we report a novel tungsten nitride phase synthesized from MoC-type WN0.6 and molecular nitrogen after laser irradiation at P = 70 GPa in a diamond anvil cell. This novel phase is quenchable at ambient pressure and determined to be U7Te12-type tungsten nitride and crystallizes in the hexagonal space group (P6) having lattice parameters of a = 8.2398(3) Å, c = 2.94948(14) Å, and V = 173.423(13) Å3. Tungsten atoms are coordinated to eight and nine nitrogen atoms, higher than previously reported tungsten nitrides. The bulk modulus is determined to be K0 = 312 (5) GPa (K0' = 4.0 fixed), and DFT calculations predict that U7Te12-type W7N12 has a metallic nature.
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- Chung-Ching Chang
- Department of Materials Physics, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Materials Physics, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Materials Physics, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Materials Physics, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Materials Physics, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8603, Japan
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Pandey N, Gupta M, Phase DM, Gupta A. In situ N K-edge XANES study of iron, cobalt and nickel nitride thin films. JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION 2021; 28:1504-1510. [PMID: 34475297 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577521006822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2021] [Accepted: 06/30/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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A prototype in situ X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) system was developed to explore its sensitivity for ultra-thin films of iron-nitride (Fe-N), cobalt-nitride (Co-N) and nickel-nitride (Ni-N). They were grown using DC-magnetron sputtering in the presence of an N2 plasma atmosphere at the experimental station of the soft XAS beamline BL01 (Indus-2, RRCAT, India). XANES measurements were performed at the N K-edge in all three cases. It was found that the N K-edge spectral shape and intensity are greatly affected by increasing thickness and appear to be highly sensitive, especially in low-thickness regions. From a certain thickness of ∼1000 Å, however, samples exhibit a bulk-like behavior. On the basis of the obtained results, different growth stages were identified. Furthermore, the presence of a molecular N2 component in the ultra-thin regime (<100 Å) was also obtained in all three cases studied in this work. In essence, this prototype in situ system reveals that N K-edge XANES is a powerful technique for studying ultra-thin films, and the development of a dedicated in situ system can be effective in probing several phenomena that remain hitherto unexplored in such types of transition metal nitride thin films.
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- Nidhi Pandey
- UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, University Campus, Khandwa Road, Indore 452 001, India
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- UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, University Campus, Khandwa Road, Indore 452 001, India
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- UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, University Campus, Khandwa Road, Indore 452 001, India
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- Department of Physics, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun 248 007, India
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Bykov M, Bykova E, Ponomareva AV, Tasnádi F, Chariton S, Prakapenka VB, Glazyrin K, Smith JS, Mahmood MF, Abrikosov IA, Goncharov AF. Realization of an Ideal Cairo Tessellation in Nickel Diazenide NiN 2: High-Pressure Route to Pentagonal 2D Materials. ACS NANO 2021; 15:13539-13546. [PMID: 34355559 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c04325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Most of the studied two-dimensional (2D) materials are based on highly symmetric hexagonal structural motifs. In contrast, lower-symmetry structures may have exciting anisotropic properties leading to various applications in nanoelectronics. In this work we report the synthesis of nickel diazenide NiN2 which possesses atomic-thick layers comprised of Ni2N3 pentagons forming Cairo-type tessellation. The layers of NiN2 are weakly bonded with the calculated exfoliation energy of 0.72 J/m2, which is just slightly larger than that of graphene. The compound crystallizes in the space group of the ideal Cairo tiling (P4/mbm) and possesses significant anisotropy of elastic properties. The single-layer NiN2 is a direct-band-gap semiconductor, while the bulk material is metallic. This indicates the promise of NiN2 to be a precursor of a pentagonal 2D material with a tunable direct band gap.
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- Maxim Bykov
- College of Arts and Science, Howard University, Washington, D.C. 20059, United States
- The Earth and Planets Laboratory, Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, D.C. 20015, United States
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- College of Arts and Science, Howard University, Washington, D.C. 20059, United States
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- Materials Modeling and Development Laboratory, National University of Science and Technology "MISIS", 119049 Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, SE-58183 Linköping, Sweden
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- Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Photon Sciences, Deutsches Electronen Synchrotron (DESY), D-22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- HPCAT, X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- College of Arts and Science, Howard University, Washington, D.C. 20059, United States
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- Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, SE-58183 Linköping, Sweden
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- The Earth and Planets Laboratory, Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, D.C. 20015, United States
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Dobrynin D, Song Z, Fridman A. Synthesis of Highly Energetic PolyNitrogen by Nanosecond-Pulsed Plasma in Liquid Nitrogen. MATERIALS 2021; 14:ma14154292. [PMID: 34361490 PMCID: PMC8348494 DOI: 10.3390/ma14154292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2021] [Revised: 07/26/2021] [Accepted: 07/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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We report on an experimental study of nanosecond-pulsed plasma treatment of liquid nitrogen demonstrating synthesis of a highly energetic nitrogen material. Raman, FTIR analysis of gas phase products of decomposition, and the material explosion characteristics suggest synthesis of polymeric (amorphous) nitrogen compound which is stable at ambient pressure up to temperatures of about −150 °C. Addition of adsorbents with relatively large characteristic pore sizes (>5 nm) allows marginally improved recovery of the material as determined by temperature-dependent Raman measurements. By analyzing the shock wave propagation resulting from the explosions, we estimated the energy density of the material to be 13.3 ± 3.5 kJ/g, close to the previously predicted value for amorphous polymeric nitrogen.
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Ma Y, Xiong L, Lu Y, Zhu W, Zhao H, Yang Y, Mao L, Yang L. Advanced Inorganic Nitride Nanomaterials for Renewable Energy: A Mini Review of Synthesis Methods. Front Chem 2021; 9:638216. [PMID: 34307294 PMCID: PMC8299337 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2021.638216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2020] [Accepted: 05/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Inorganic nitride nanomaterials have attracted widespread attention for applications in renewable energy due to novel electrochemical activities and high chemical stabilities. For different renewable energy applications, there are many possibilities and uncertainties about the optimal nitride phases and nanostructures, which further promotes the exploration of controllable preparation of nitride nanomaterials. Moreover, unlike conventional nitrides with bulk or ceramic structures, the synthesis of nitride nanomaterials needs more accurate control to guarantee the target nanostructure along with the phase purity, which make the whole synthesis still a challenge to achieve. In this mini review, we mainly summarize the synthesis methods for inorganic nitride nanomaterials, including chemistry vapor deposition, self-propagation high-temperature synthesis, solid state metathesis reactions, solvothermal synthesis, etc. From the perspective of nanostructure, several novel nitrides, with nanostructures like nanoporous, two-dimensional, defects, ternary structures, and quantum dots, are showing unique properties and getting extensive attentions, recently. Prospects of future research in design and synthesis of functional inorganic nitrides are also discussed.
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology & Traditional Chinese Medicine Research (Ministry of Education of China), National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for New Petrochemical Materials and Fine Utilization of Resources, Key Laboratory of the Assembly and Application of Organic Functional Molecules of Hunan Province, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology & Traditional Chinese Medicine Research (Ministry of Education of China), National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for New Petrochemical Materials and Fine Utilization of Resources, Key Laboratory of the Assembly and Application of Organic Functional Molecules of Hunan Province, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China
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Zhang J, Niu C, Zhang H, Zhao J, Wang X, Zeng Z. Polymerization of Nitrogen in Nitrogen-Fluorine Compounds under Pressure. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:5731-5737. [PMID: 34130459 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c01181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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A wide range of polynitrogen species have attracted much attention because of their potential applications as high-energy-density materials. Until now, predicted polynitrogen was found to be negatively charged, with charge transfer from introduced atoms to nitrogen in nitrogen-bearing compounds. Using an evolutionary algorithm combined with first-principles calculations, stoichiometries and structures in nitrogen-fluorine compounds at pressures ranging from 0 to 200 GPa are investigated. In addition to two fluorine-rich compounds NF3 and NF5, two other compounds, NF and N6F, emerge with increasing pressure. N6F, as a nitrogen-rich compound, will become stable at pressures greater than 180 GPa with a positively charged nitrogen network. Above 120 GPa, the NF compound with polymeric zigzag nitrogen chains is discovered, and it is quenchable to the ambient conditions, acquiring the highest energy density of 5.38 kJ/g among reported binary covalent nitrogen compounds. These newly predicted N-F compounds are useful in understanding the chemistry of polynitrogen.
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- Jie Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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Bo XX, Dong ZY, Ding YH. Arylpentazoles with surprisingly high kinetic stability. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:5310-5313. [PMID: 33929477 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc01793d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The more-than-one-century-old arylpentazoles can only be used in situ in generating the pentazole anion due to their unfavourable kinetic stability. We successfully increased the N2-leaving barrier to reach hitherto the highest value of 40.83 kcal mol-1 at the CBS-QB3 level via a newly proposed co-stabilization method, making the broader applications of arylpentazoles feasible.
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- Xiao-Xu Bo
- Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130023, P. R. China and Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, P. R. China.
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- Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130023, P. R. China
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- Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130023, P. R. China and Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, P. R. China.
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Ma T, Yin Y, Hong F, Zhu P, Yu X. Magnetic, Electronic, and Mechanical Properties of Bulk ε-Fe 2N Synthesized at High Pressures. ACS OMEGA 2021; 6:12591-12597. [PMID: 34056409 PMCID: PMC8154168 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c00551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2021] [Accepted: 04/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We sintered bulk trigonal ε-Fe2N (space group: P312) with the high-pressure and high-temperature method. Structural refinements by the Rietveld method result in a trigonal unit cell with parameters of a = 4.7767(1) Å and c = 4.4179(3) Å. ε-Fe2N is ferromagnetic with a Curie temperature of ∼250 K, a saturation magnetization (M s) value of up to 1.2 μB/formula units (f.u.), and comparatively low coercive field. The Vickers hardness was measured, and the results showed that the asymptotic hardness of bulk ε-Fe2N is about 6.5 GPa with a load of 1000 g. Thermogravimetric (TG) analysis shows that ε-Fe2N is thermally stable below 670 K. ε-Fe2N exhibits good metal conductivity, and the electron transport measurements show that the resistivity of it is 172 μΩ cm at room temperature. The theoretical calculations suggest that the conducting states are mainly derive from Fe-3d states.
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- Teng Ma
- State
Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
- Beijing
National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing
National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing
National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- Beijing
National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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Tian X, Bo XX, Ding YH. How stable can the pentanitrogen cation be in kinetics? Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:4432-4435. [PMID: 33949490 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc01250a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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For the 22 year-old pentanitrogen cation N5+ (01), we surprisingly found that the previously reported transition states (TSs) do not correspond to N2-extrusion. We located the real N2-extrusion TS, which can well reconcile the hitherto remaining inconsistency between the gas-phase and salt-like forms of 01 both in structure and energetics.
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- Xiao Tian
- Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130023, P. R. China and Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, P. R. China.
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- Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130023, P. R. China and Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory of Carbon Materials of Zhejiang Province, College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, P. R. China. and Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130023, P. R. China
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Bykov M, Fedotenko T, Chariton S, Laniel D, Glazyrin K, Hanfland M, Smith JS, Prakapenka VB, Mahmood MF, Goncharov AF, Ponomareva AV, Tasnádi F, Abrikosov AI, Bin Masood T, Hotz I, Rudenko AN, Katsnelson MI, Dubrovinskaia N, Dubrovinsky L, Abrikosov IA. High-Pressure Synthesis of Dirac Materials: Layered van der Waals Bonded BeN_{4} Polymorph. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2021; 126:175501. [PMID: 33988447 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.175501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2020] [Revised: 01/16/2021] [Accepted: 03/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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High-pressure chemistry is known to inspire the creation of unexpected new classes of compounds with exceptional properties. Here, we employ the laser-heated diamond anvil cell technique for synthesis of a Dirac material BeN_{4}. A triclinic phase of beryllium tetranitride tr-BeN_{4} was synthesized from elements at ∼85 GPa. Upon decompression to ambient conditions, it transforms into a compound with atomic-thick BeN_{4} layers interconnected via weak van der Waals bonds and consisting of polyacetylene-like nitrogen chains with conjugated π systems and Be atoms in square-planar coordination. Theoretical calculations for a single BeN_{4} layer show that its electronic lattice is described by a slightly distorted honeycomb structure reminiscent of the graphene lattice and the presence of Dirac points in the electronic band structure at the Fermi level. The BeN_{4} layer, i.e., beryllonitrene, represents a qualitatively new class of 2D materials that can be built of a metal atom and polymeric nitrogen chains and host anisotropic Dirac fermions.
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- Maxim Bykov
- The Earth and Planets Laboratory, Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, D.C. 20015, USA
- College of Arts and Science, Howard University, Washington, D.C. 20059, USA
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- Material Physics and Technology at Extreme Conditions, Laboratory of Crystallography, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- Material Physics and Technology at Extreme Conditions, Laboratory of Crystallography, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Photon Sciences, Deutsches Electronen Synchrotron (DESY), D-22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- HPCAT, X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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- College of Arts and Science, Howard University, Washington, D.C. 20059, USA
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- The Earth and Planets Laboratory, Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, D.C. 20015, USA
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- Materials Modeling and Development Laboratory, National University of Science and Technology "MISIS," 119049 Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, SE-58183 Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Science and Technology (ITN), Linköping University, SE-60174 Norrköping, Sweden
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- Department of Science and Technology (ITN), Linköping University, SE-60174 Norrköping, Sweden
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- Department of Science and Technology (ITN), Linköping University, SE-60174 Norrköping, Sweden
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- Key Laboratory of Artificial Micro- and Nano-Structures of Ministry of Education and School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
- Radboud University, Institute for Molecules and Materials, 6525AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Department of Theoretical Physics and Applied Mathematics, Ural Federal University, 620002 Ekaterinburg, Russia
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- Radboud University, Institute for Molecules and Materials, 6525AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Department of Theoretical Physics and Applied Mathematics, Ural Federal University, 620002 Ekaterinburg, Russia
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- Material Physics and Technology at Extreme Conditions, Laboratory of Crystallography, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
- Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, SE-58183 Linköping, Sweden
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- Bayerisches Geoinstitut, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, SE-58183 Linköping, Sweden
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Shen Y, Xie H, Wang Q. Pentagonal B 2N 3-based 3D metallic boron nitride with high energy density. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2021; 33:165702. [PMID: 33735850 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/abeffb] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2020] [Accepted: 03/18/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Different from conventional insulating or semiconducting boron nitride,metallicBN has received increasing attention in recent years as its intrinsic metallicity grants it great potential for broad applications. In this study, by assembling the experimentally synthesized pentagonal B2N3units, we have proposed the first pentagon-based three-dimensional (3D) metallic boron nitride, labeled penta-B4N7.First-principles calculations together with molecular dynamics simulations and convex hull diagram show that penta-B4N7is not only thermally, dynamically and mechanically stable, but also three dimensionally metallic. A detailed analysis of its electronic structure reveals that the intrinsic metallicity comes from the delocalized electrons in the partially occupied antibonding N-Nπorbitals. Equally important, the energy density of penta-B4N7is found to be 4.07 kJ g-1, which is the highest among that of all the 3D boron nitrides reported so far.
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- Yiheng Shen
- Center for Applied Physics and Technology, HEDPS, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, BKL-MEMD, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, BKL-MEMD, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
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- Center for Applied Physics and Technology, HEDPS, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, BKL-MEMD, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
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Bykov M, Bykova E, Ponomareva AV, Abrikosov IA, Chariton S, Prakapenka VB, Mahmood MF, Dubrovinsky L, Goncharov AF. Stabilization of Polynitrogen Anions in Tantalum–Nitrogen Compounds at High Pressure. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202100283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Maxim Bykov
- Department of Mathematics Howard University Washington DC 20059 USA
- The Earth and Planets Laboratory Carnegie Institution for Science Washington DC 20015 USA
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- The Earth and Planets Laboratory Carnegie Institution for Science Washington DC 20015 USA
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- Materials Modeling and Development Laboratory, National University of Science and Technology 'MISIS' 119049 Moscow Russia
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- Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM) Linköping University 58183 Linköping Sweden
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- Center for Advanced Radiation Sources University of Chicago Lemont IL 60437 USA
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- The Earth and Planets Laboratory Carnegie Institution for Science Washington DC 20015 USA
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Hwang H, Kim T, Cynn H, Vogt T, Husband RJ, Appel K, Baehtz C, Ball OB, Baron MA, Briggs R, Bykov M, Bykova E, Cerantola V, Chantel J, Coleman AL, Dattlebaum D, Dresselhaus-Marais LE, Eggert JH, Ehm L, Evans WJ, Fiquet G, Frost M, Glazyrin K, Goncharov AF, Jenei Z, Kim J, Konôpková Z, Mainberger J, Makita M, Marquardt H, McBride EE, McHardy JD, Merkel S, Morard G, O'Bannon EF, Otzen C, Pace EJ, Pelka A, Pépin CM, Pigott JS, Prakapenka VB, Prescher C, Redmer R, Speziale S, Spiekermann G, Strohm C, Sturtevant BT, Velisavljevic N, Wilke M, Yoo CS, Zastrau U, Liermann HP, McMahon MI, McWilliams RS, Lee Y. X-ray Free Electron Laser-Induced Synthesis of ε-Iron Nitride at High Pressures. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:3246-3252. [PMID: 33764078 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c00150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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The ultrafast synthesis of ε-Fe3N1+x in a diamond-anvil cell (DAC) from Fe and N2 under pressure was observed using serial exposures of an X-ray free electron laser (XFEL). When the sample at 5 GPa was irradiated by a pulse train separated by 443 ns, the estimated sample temperature at the delay time was above 1400 K, confirmed by in situ transformation of α- to γ-iron. Ultimately, the Fe and N2 reacted uniformly throughout the beam path to form Fe3N1.33, as deduced from its established equation of state (EOS). We thus demonstrate that the activation energy provided by intense X-ray exposures in an XFEL can be coupled with the source time structure to enable exploration of the time-dependence of reactions under high-pressure conditions.
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- Huijeong Hwang
- Earth System Sciences, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Earth System Sciences, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, United States
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- Nano Center and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- Photon Sciences, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestraße 85, Hamburg 22607, Germany
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Institute of Radiation Physics, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstraβe 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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- The School of Physics and Astronomy, Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions and SUPA, University of Edinburgh, Peter Guthrie Tait Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FD, U.K
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- Inst. Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie (IMPMC), Sorbonne University, UMR CNRS 7590, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 4 Place Jussieu, Paris, France
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, United States
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- Carnegie Science, Earth and Planets Laboratory, 5241 Broad Branch Road, NW, Washington, D.C. 20015, United States
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- Carnegie Science, Earth and Planets Laboratory, 5241 Broad Branch Road, NW, Washington, D.C. 20015, United States
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, INRAE, Centrale Lille, UMR 8207 - UMET - Unité Matériaux et Transformations, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, United States
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, United States
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- Mineral Physics Institute, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, United States
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- Inst. Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie (IMPMC), Sorbonne University, UMR CNRS 7590, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 4 Place Jussieu, Paris, France
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- Photon Sciences, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestraße 85, Hamburg 22607, Germany
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- Carnegie Science, Earth and Planets Laboratory, 5241 Broad Branch Road, NW, Washington, D.C. 20015, United States
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, United States
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- Department of Physics, Research Institute for Natural Science, HYU-HPSTAR-CIS High Pressure Research Center, Hanyang University, 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-Ku, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea
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- Photon Sciences, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestraße 85, Hamburg 22607, Germany
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, OX1 3AN Oxford, United Kingdom
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- The School of Physics and Astronomy, Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions and SUPA, University of Edinburgh, Peter Guthrie Tait Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FD, U.K
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- Univ. Lille, CNRS, INRAE, Centrale Lille, UMR 8207 - UMET - Unité Matériaux et Transformations, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Inst. Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie (IMPMC), Sorbonne University, UMR CNRS 7590, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 4 Place Jussieu, Paris, France
- Université Grenoble Alpes, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, IRD, IFSTTAR, ISTerre, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, United States
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- Photon Sciences, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestraße 85, Hamburg 22607, Germany
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- The School of Physics and Astronomy, Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions and SUPA, University of Edinburgh, Peter Guthrie Tait Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FD, U.K
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- Institute of Radiation Physics, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstraβe 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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- CEA, DAM, DIF, F-91297 Arpajon, France
- Université Paris-Saclay, Laboratoire Matière en Conditions Extrêmes, 91680 Bruyères-le-Châtel, France
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
- Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
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- Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Photon Sciences, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestraße 85, Hamburg 22607, Germany
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- Institut für Physik, Universität Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
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- GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
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- Institut für Geowissenschaften, Universität Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 24-25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Photon Sciences, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestraße 85, Hamburg 22607, Germany
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, United States
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- Institut für Geowissenschaften, Universität Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 24-25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute of Shock Physics, and Materials Science and Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, United States
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Photon Sciences, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestraße 85, Hamburg 22607, Germany
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- The School of Physics and Astronomy, Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions and SUPA, University of Edinburgh, Peter Guthrie Tait Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FD, U.K
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- The School of Physics and Astronomy, Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions and SUPA, University of Edinburgh, Peter Guthrie Tait Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FD, U.K
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- Earth System Sciences, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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Jiao F, Zhang C, Xie W. Energy density of high-pressure nitrogen-rich MN x compounds. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:7313-7320. [PMID: 33876091 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp00527h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In the past decade, a large number of nitrogen-rich MNx compounds have been discovered under high-pressure conditions. In this work, we have evaluated the energy densities of MNx structures with thermodynamic and dynamical stability through first-principles calculations. The results show that the energy densities of MNx consisting of alkali metals and cyclo-N5- are less than ∼0.5 TNT equivalence, whereas the group-III metal nitrides have high-energy density regardless of the type of nitrogen oligomers in the structures. To clarify the energy density difference for MNx composed of different impurities, bivariate Pearson correlation analysis is performed, which reveals that the high-energy density of MNx is related to the large N density, small M atomic radius, short M-N bond length, small MNx ionicity, long N-N bond length and large M formal oxidation state. According to this correlation, H, Be, B, Al, Si and P elements have been proposed as the candidate impurities to synthesize high-energy density MNx.
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- Fangbao Jiao
- Institute of Chemical Materials, China Academy of Engineering Physics, P. O. Box 919-311, Mianyang, Sichuan 621999, China.
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Gao Y, Wang R, Lei J, Zhu Y, Li D, Zhang L, Xie W, Wang Z. Fully Active Nitrogen Energetic Chains Mg
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under Ambient Conditions. ADVANCED THEORY AND SIMULATIONS 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/adts.202000283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Yang Gao
- Physics and Space Science College China West Normal University Nanchong 637002 China
- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics Jilin University Changchun 130012 China
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics Jilin University Changchun 130012 China
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- Physics and Space Science College China West Normal University Nanchong 637002 China
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics Jilin University Changchun 130012 China
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics Jilin University Changchun 130012 China
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- CAEP Software Center for High Performance Numerical Simulation Beijing 100088 China
- Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics Beijing 100088 China
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics Jilin University Changchun 130012 China
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics Jilin University Changchun 130012 China
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Lin J, Peng D, Wang Q, Li J, Zhu H, Wang X. Stable nitrogen-rich scandium nitrides and their bonding features under ambient conditions. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:6863-6870. [PMID: 33725057 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp05402j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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All-nitrogen salts have attracted extensive attention because of their unique chemical, physical properties, and potential applications as high-energy density materials. Using first-principles calculations and a particle swarm optimization structure search method, the pressure versus composition phase diagram of the Sc-N system is established. A new stable phase of C2/m-ScN5 with the intriguing 2D N106- is identified for the first time and we also found ScN3 with the P1[combining macron] structure which has been reported before. Under ambient conditions, both of them have high kinetic and thermodynamic stability with high energy density (2.40 kJ g-1 and 4.23 kJ g-1 relative to ScN and N2 gas). The analyses of chemical bonding pattern indicate that the nitrogen atoms in the N66- chains are connected by covalent bonds with a combined σ and π bond character. We also give a possible high-pressure experimental route to P1[combining macron]-ScN3 and C2/m-ScN5 at modest pressure. We expect that our theoretical research could encourage experimental realization in the future and contribute to the understanding of the bonding features of nitrogen chains.
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- Jiani Lin
- School of Opto-electronic Information Science and Technology, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, P. R. China.
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Bykov M, Bykova E, Ponomareva AV, Abrikosov IA, Chariton S, Prakapenka VB, Mahmood MF, Dubrovinsky L, Goncharov AF. Stabilization of Polynitrogen Anions in Tantalum–Nitrogen Compounds at High Pressure. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:9003-9008. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202100283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- Maxim Bykov
- Department of Mathematics Howard University Washington DC 20059 USA
- The Earth and Planets Laboratory Carnegie Institution for Science Washington DC 20015 USA
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- The Earth and Planets Laboratory Carnegie Institution for Science Washington DC 20015 USA
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- Materials Modeling and Development Laboratory, National University of Science and Technology 'MISIS' 119049 Moscow Russia
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- Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM) Linköping University 58183 Linköping Sweden
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- Center for Advanced Radiation Sources University of Chicago Lemont IL 60437 USA
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- The Earth and Planets Laboratory Carnegie Institution for Science Washington DC 20015 USA
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Du X, Yao Y, Wang J, Yang Q, Yang G. IrN 4 and IrN 7 as potential high-energy-density materials. J Chem Phys 2021; 154:054706. [PMID: 33557531 DOI: 10.1063/5.0036832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Transition metal nitrides have attracted great interest due to their unique crystal structures and applications. Here, we predict two N-rich iridium nitrides (IrN4 and IrN7) under moderate pressure through first-principles swarm-intelligence structural searches. The two new compounds are composed of stable IrN6 octahedrons and interlinked with high energy polynitrogens (planar N4 or cyclo-N5). Balanced structural robustness and energy content result in IrN4 and IrN7 being dynamically stable under ambient conditions and potentially as high energy density materials. The calculated energy densities for IrN4 and IrN7 are 1.3 kJ/g and 1.4 kJ/g, respectively, comparable to other transition metal nitrides. In addition, IrN4 is predicted to have good tensile (40.2 GPa) and shear strengths (33.2 GPa), as well as adequate hardness (20 GPa). Moderate pressure for synthesis and ambient pressure recoverability encourage experimental realization of these two compounds in near future.
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- Xin Du
- State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science & Technology and Key Laboratory for Microstructural Material Physics of Hebei Province, School of Science, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, China
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- Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5E2, Canada
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- State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science & Technology and Key Laboratory for Microstructural Material Physics of Hebei Province, School of Science, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science & Technology and Key Laboratory for Microstructural Material Physics of Hebei Province, School of Science, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science & Technology and Key Laboratory for Microstructural Material Physics of Hebei Province, School of Science, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, China
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Preparation of iron(IV) nitridoferrate Ca 4FeN 4 through azide-mediated oxidation under high-pressure conditions. Nat Commun 2021; 12:571. [PMID: 33495442 PMCID: PMC7835361 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-20881-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2020] [Accepted: 12/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Transition metal nitrides are an important class of materials with applications as abrasives, semiconductors, superconductors, Li-ion conductors, and thermoelectrics. However, high oxidation states are difficult to attain as the oxidative potential of dinitrogen is limited by its high thermodynamic stability and chemical inertness. Here we present a versatile synthesis route using azide-mediated oxidation under pressure that is used to prepare the highly oxidised ternary nitride Ca4FeN4 containing Fe4+ ions. This nitridometallate features trigonal-planar [FeN3]5− anions with low-spin Fe4+ and antiferromagnetic ordering below a Neel temperature of 25 K, which are characterised by neutron diffraction, 57Fe-Mössbauer and magnetisation measurements. Azide-mediated high-pressure synthesis opens a way to the discovery of highly oxidised nitrides. High-valent metal nitrides are difficult to stabilise due to the high thermodynamic stability and chemical inertness of N2. Here, the authors employ a large volume press to prepare an iron(IV) nitridoferrate Ca4FeIVN4 from Fe2N and Ca3N2 via azide-mediated oxidation under high pressure conditions.
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Wang Y, Jian C, Hong W, Liu W. Nonlayered 2D ultrathin molybdenum nitride synthesized through the ammonolysis of 2D molybdenum dioxide. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:223-226. [PMID: 33300890 DOI: 10.1039/d0cc07065c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We report a new scalable strategy for the synthesis of nonlayered ultrathin two-dimensional (2D) molybdenum nitride (MoN) on a SiO2/Si substrate by converting 2D molybdenum dioxide (MoO2) through an ammonolysis process. The edge of MoN shows higher performance than that of the basal plane in both acidic and alkaline solutions.
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- Yuqiao Wang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Design and Assembly of Functional Nanostructures, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, 350002, China.
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