High pressure-high temperature synthesis of lithium-rich Li3O(Cl, Br) and Li3 - XCax/2OCl anti-perovskite halides

Jianzhong Zhang, Jiantao Han, Jinlong Zhu, Zhijun Lin, Maria H. Braga, Luke L. Daemen, Liping Wang, Yusheng Zhao

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)140-143
Number of pages4
JournalInorganic Chemistry Communications
Volume48
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2014
Externally publishedYes

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 .

FundersFunder number
COMPRES
Laboratory-Directed Research and Development
Office of Basic Energy Sciences
National Science FoundationEAR 01–35554
U.S. Department of EnergyDE-AC52-06NA25396
Office of Science
National Nuclear Security AdministrationDE-NA0001982
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Los Alamos National Laboratory

    Keywords

    • High-pressure/high-temperature synthesis
    • Lithium hydrate halides
    • Lithium-rich anti-perovskite

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