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Low dimensional nanostructures of fast ion conducting lithium nitride

Tapia-Ruiz, Nuria; Gordon, Alexandra G.; Jewell, Catherine M.; Edwards, Hannah K.; Dunnill, Charles W.; Blackman, James M.; Snape, Colin P.; Brown, Paul D.; MacLaren, Ian; Baldoni, Matteo; Besley, Elena; Titman, Jeremy J.; Gregory, Duncan H.

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Authors

Nuria Tapia-Ruiz

Alexandra G. Gordon

Catherine M. Jewell

Hannah K. Edwards

Charles W. Dunnill

James M. Blackman

COLIN SNAPE COLIN.SNAPE@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Chemical Technology & Chemical Eng

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PAUL BROWN PAUL.BROWN@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Materials Characterisation

Ian MacLaren

Matteo Baldoni

Jeremy J. Titman

Duncan H. Gregory



Abstract

© 2020, The Author(s). 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.

Citation

Tapia-Ruiz, N., Gordon, A. G., Jewell, C. M., Edwards, H. K., Dunnill, C. W., Blackman, J. M., …Gregory, D. H. (2020). Low dimensional nanostructures of fast ion conducting lithium nitride. Nature Communications, 11(1), Article 4492. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17951-6

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jul 28, 2020
Online Publication Date Sep 8, 2020
Publication Date Dec 1, 2020
Deposit Date Sep 15, 2020
Publicly Available Date Sep 15, 2020
Journal Nature Communications
Electronic ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher Nature Publishing Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 11
Issue 1
Article Number 4492
DOI https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17951-6
Keywords General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; General Physics and Astronomy; General Chemistry
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/4901394
Publisher URL https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-17951-6

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