Abstract
In this work, we investigated the systems of (Li, Ca)-O-(Cl, Br) under high pressure and temperature for the synthesis of lithium-rich anti-perovskite (LiRAP) halides. We successfully synthesized Li3 - xCax/2OCl anti-perovskite with x = 0.0, 0.1, 0.2 near 0.5 GPa and temperatures of 400-425 K and Li3OBr anti-perovskite at 3.0 GPa and 450 K. Different from the synthetic route previously reported at ambient pressure, LiA + 2LiOH → Li3OA + H2O, the LiRAP halides under high P-T conditions are formed by dehydration of end-member and Ca-doped halide hydrates with a general formula of Li2x + 1A(OH)2y, where A can be Cl or Br and x must be equal to y. This proposed formula predicts several new halide hydrates including Li3Cl(OH)2, Li5Cl(OH)4, Li3Br(OH)2, and Li5Br(OH)4, indicating that halide hydrates are structurally flexible to accommodate a range of lithium and hydroxide occupancies in the puckered layers of [Li2x + 1(OH)2y+].
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 140-143 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Inorganic Chemistry Communications |
Volume | 48 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 2014 |
Externally published | Yes |
Funding
This research is supported by the Laboratory-Directed Research and Development program of Los Alamos National Laboratory, which is operated by Los Alamos National Security LLC under DOE Contract DE-AC52-06NA25396. The use of the National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS), Brookhaven National Laboratory, was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences , under contract no. DE-AC02-98CH10886 . The use of the X17B2 beamline at NSLS was supported by COMPRES, the Consortium for Materials Properties Research in Earth Sciences under NSF Cooperative Agreement EAR 01–35554 . This research was also sponsored in part by the National Nuclear Security Administration under the Stewardship Science Academic Alliances program through DOE Cooperative Agreement # DE-NA0001982 .
Funders | Funder number |
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COMPRES | |
Laboratory-Directed Research and Development | |
Office of Basic Energy Sciences | |
National Science Foundation | EAR 01–35554 |
U.S. Department of Energy | DE-AC52-06NA25396 |
Office of Science | |
National Nuclear Security Administration | DE-NA0001982 |
Brookhaven National Laboratory | |
Los Alamos National Laboratory |
Keywords
- High-pressure/high-temperature synthesis
- Lithium hydrate halides
- Lithium-rich anti-perovskite