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Low dimensional nanostructures of fast ion conducting lithium nitride
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James M. Blackman,
Colin P. Snape,
Paul D. Brown,
Ian MacLaren,
Matteo Baldoni,
Elena Besley,
Jeremy J. Titman,
Duncan H. Gregory
Nature Communications, Volume: 11, Issue: 1
Swansea University Author:
Charlie Dunnill
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DOI (Published version): 10.1038/s41467-020-17951-6
Abstract
As the only stable binary compound formed between an alkali metal and nitrogen, lithium nitride possesses remarkable properties and is a model material for energy applications involving the transport of lithium ions. Following a materials design principle drawn from broad structural analogies to hex...
| Published in: | Nature Communications |
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| ISSN: | 2041-1723 |
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
2020
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54892 |
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As the only stable binary compound formed between an alkali metal and nitrogen, lithium nitride possesses remarkable properties and is a model material for energy applications involving the transport of lithium ions. Following a materials design principle drawn from broad structural analogies to hexagonal graphene and boron nitride, we demonstrate that such low dimensional structures can also be formed from an s-block element and nitrogen. Both one- and two-dimensional nanostructures of lithium nitride, Li3N, can be grown despite the absence of an equivalent van der Waals gap. Lithium-ion diffusion is enhanced compared to the bulk compound, yielding materials with exceptional ionic mobility. Li3N demonstrates the conceptual assembly of ionic inorganic nanostructures from monolayers without the requirement of a van der Waals gap. Computational studies reveal an electronic structure mediated by the number of Li-N layers, with a transition from a bulk narrow-bandgap semiconductor to a metal at the nanoscale. |
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