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Zhao K, Yu H, Yang Q, Li W, Han F, Liu H, Zhang S. Emerging Yttrium Phosphides with Tetrahedron Phosphorus and Superconductivity under High Pressures. Chemistry 2021; 27:17420-17427. [PMID: 34609031 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202103179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Metal phosphides have triggered growing interest for their exotic structures and striking properties. Hence, within advanced structure search and first-principle calculations, several unprecedented Y-P compounds (e. g., Y3 P, Y2 P, Y3 P2 , Y2 P3 , YP2 , and YP3 ) were identified under compression. Interestingly, as phosphorus content increases, P atoms exhibit diverse behaviors corresponding to standalone anion, dumbbell, zigzag chain, planar sheet, crossing chain-like network, buckled layer, three-dimensional framework, and wrinkled layer. Particularly, Fd-3m YP2 can be viewed as assemblage of diamond-like Y structure and rare vertex-sharing tetrahedral P4 units. Impressively, electron-phonon coupling (EPC) calculations elucidate that Pm-3m Y3 P possesses the highest superconducting critical temperature Tc of 10.2 K among binary transition metal phosphides. Remarkably, the EPC of Pm-3m Y3 P mainly arises from the contribution of low-frequency soft phonon modes, whereas mid-frequency phonon modes of Fd-3m YP2 dominate. These results strengthen knowledge of metal phosphides and pave a way for seeking superconductive transition metal phosphides.
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- Kaixuan Zhao
- Centre for Advanced Optoelectronic Functional Materials Research and, Key Laboratory for UV Light-Emitting Materials and, Technology of Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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- Centre for Advanced Optoelectronic Functional Materials Research and, Key Laboratory for UV Light-Emitting Materials and, Technology of Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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- Centre for Advanced Optoelectronic Functional Materials Research and, Key Laboratory for UV Light-Emitting Materials and, Technology of Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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- Centre for Advanced Optoelectronic Functional Materials Research and, Key Laboratory for UV Light-Emitting Materials and, Technology of Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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- Centre for Advanced Optoelectronic Functional Materials Research and, Key Laboratory for UV Light-Emitting Materials and, Technology of Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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- International Center for Computational Method & Software and, State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China.,Key Laboratory of Physics and Technology for Advanced Batteries (Ministry of Education), College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China
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- Centre for Advanced Optoelectronic Functional Materials Research and, Key Laboratory for UV Light-Emitting Materials and, Technology of Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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Aslandukova A, Aslandukov A, Yuan L, Laniel D, Khandarkhaeva S, Fedotenko T, Steinle-Neumann G, Glazyrin K, Dubrovinskaia N, Dubrovinsky L. Novel High-Pressure Yttrium Carbide γ-Y_{4}C_{5} Containing [C_{2}] and Nonlinear [C_{3}] Units with Unusually Large Formal Charges. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2021; 127:135501. [PMID: 34623860 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.127.135501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2021] [Accepted: 08/18/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Changes in the bonding of carbon under high pressure leads to unusual crystal chemistry and can dramatically alter the properties of transition metal carbides. In this work, the new orthorhombic polymorph of yttrium carbide, γ-Y_{4}C_{5}, was synthesized from yttrium and paraffin oil in a laser-heated diamond anvil cell at ∼50 GPa. The structure of γ-Y_{4}C_{5} was solved and refined using in situ synchrotron single-crystal x-ray diffraction. It includes two carbon groups: [C_{2}] dimers and nonlinear [C_{3}] trimers. Crystal chemical analysis and density functional theory calculations revealed unusually high noninteger charges ([C_{2}]^{5.2-} and [C_{3}]^{6.8-}) and unique bond orders (<1.5). Our results extend the list of possible carbon states at extreme conditions.
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- Alena Aslandukova
- Bavarian Research Institute of Experimental Geochemistry and Geophysics, 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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- Bavarian Research Institute of Experimental Geochemistry and Geophysics, 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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- 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, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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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, 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, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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Yang Q, Zhao K, Liu H, Zhang S. Superconductive Sodium Carbides with Pentagon Carbon at High Pressures. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:5850-5856. [PMID: 34138569 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c01096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The design of metal-bearing carbon-based materials with unique structures and intriguing properties is highly desirable in the fields of physics, chemistry, and materials science. Here, within swarm-intelligence structure search and first-principles computations, we uncovered several hitherto unknown sodium carbides (i.e., Na4C, Na3C2, NaC, Na2C3, and NaC2) under high pressure. Intriguingly, the C atom arrangement reveals multiple structure evolution behavior with increased carbon content, from isolated anions in Na4C, tetramers in Na3C2, extended chains in NaC, pentagonal rings in Na2C3, to eventually hexagonal rings in NaC2. Among predicted phases, the superconducting critical temperature Tc of NaC2 could approach ∼42 K at 80 GPa, which is slightly higher than the Tc of 39 K in the highest phonon-mediated superconductivity of MgB2 at ambient pressure. This work offers insights into the reaction of carbides containing alkali metals and paves the way for the future investigation of high superconductivity in metal carbide systems.
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- Qiuping Yang
- Centre for Advanced Optoelectronic Functional Materials Research and Key Laboratory for UV Light-Emitting Materials and Technology of Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China
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- Centre for Advanced Optoelectronic Functional Materials Research and Key Laboratory for UV Light-Emitting Materials and Technology of Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China
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- International Center for Computational Method & Software and State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
- Key Laboratory of Physics and Technology for Advanced Batteries (Ministry of Education), College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- Centre for Advanced Optoelectronic Functional Materials Research and Key Laboratory for UV Light-Emitting Materials and Technology of Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China
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Zhang J, Feng X, Liu G, Redfern SAT, Liu H. Computational prediction of a +4 oxidation state in Au via compressed AuO 2 compound. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2020; 32:015402. [PMID: 31505475 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ab4325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Much effort has been devoted to the investigation of the physical and chemical properties of the Au-O system over a range of pressures, owing to the considerable importance of these materials in fundamental and practical applications. To date, however, only Au1+, Au2+, Au3+, and Au5+ oxidation states have been identified in the Au-O system, but tetravalent Au4+ has not been found. Here, we report the results of structure prediction for the Au-O system at high pressure via the effective structure prediction methodology within a first-principles electronic structure framework. We have uncovered an intriguing structure with AuO2 composition and tetravalent Au, stable at high pressures. This phase shows an electronic transition from a metal to a semiconducting phase as a function of pressure. The present results provide fundamental understanding of the structural and physicochemical properties of compressed Au-O compounds.
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- Jurong Zhang
- State Key Laboratory for Superhard Materials and Innovation Center of Computational Physics Methods and Software, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, People's Republic of China
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Xiang H, Xu B, Zhao W, Xia Y, Yin J, Zhang X, Liu Z. The magnetism of 1T-MX2 (M = Zr, Hf; X = S, Se) monolayers by hole doping. RSC Adv 2019; 9:13561-13566. [PMID: 35519557 PMCID: PMC9063905 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra01218d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2019] [Accepted: 04/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The magnetism of hole doped 1T-MX2 (M = Zr, Hf; X = S, Se) monolayers is systematically studied by using first principles density functional calculations. The pristine 1T-MX2 monolayers are semiconductors with nonmagnetic ground states, which can be transformed to ferromagnetic states by the approach of hole doping. For the unstrained monolayers, the spontaneous magnetization appears once above the critical hole density (1014 cm−2), where the p orbital of S or Se atoms contributes the most of the magnetic moment. As the tensile strains exceed 4%, the magnetic moments per hole of ZrS2 and HfS2 monolayers increase sharply to a saturated value with increasing hole density, implying obvious advantages over the unstrained monolayers. The phonon dispersion calculations for the strained ZrS2 and HfS2 monolayers indicate that they can keep the dynamical stability by hole doping. Furthermore, we propose that the fluorine atom modified ZrS2 monolayer could obtain stable ferromagnetism. The magnetism in hole doped 1T-MX2 (M = Zr, Hf; X = S, Se) monolayers has great potential for developing spintronic devices with desirable applications. The magnetism of zirconium and hafnium dichalcogenides by hole doping is studied by using first principles calculations.![]()
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- Hui Xiang
- School of Mathematics and Physics
- Hubei Polytechnic University
- Huangshi
- China
- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures
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- School of Sciences
- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Functional Materials
- China Pharmaceutical University
- Nanjing
- China
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- School of Mathematics and Physics
- Hubei Polytechnic University
- Huangshi
- China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing
- China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing
- China
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- School of Mathematics and Physics
- Hubei Polytechnic University
- Huangshi
- China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- Nanjing University
- Nanjing
- China
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