Abstract
During reinvestigation of the hydrothermal synthesis reported earlier of the compound cesium nickel phosphide, CsNiP, we arrived at a new route to the synthesis of the cesium nickel halide compounds CsNiX 3 (X=Cl, Br, I). The method has also been shown to extend to cobalt and iron compounds. Single crystals of these compounds were synthesized in phosphoric acid in sealed autoclaves. Their structures were determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction methods. The compounds crystallize in the hexagonal space group P6 3/mmc in the BaNiO 3 structure type. The synthetic method and the resultant crystallographic details for CsNiCl 3 are essentially identical with those reported earlier for the synthesis and structure of CsNiP.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 34-37 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal of Solid State Chemistry |
Volume | 192 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 2012 |
Funding
This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences under contract no. De-AC36-08GO28308 to NREL. The center for Inverse Design is a DOE Energy Frontier Research Center. Partial funding for this research was kindly provided by the U.S. Department of Energy, Basic Energy Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Biosciences, and Geosciences Division and Division of Materials Science and Engineering Grant ERB15522 (JAI). SEM analyses were conducted in the Electron Probe Instrumentation Center (EPIC) at the Northwestern University Atomic and Nanoscale Characterization Experimental (NUANCE) Center, supported by NSF-NSEC, NSF-MRSEC, Keck Foundation, the State of Illinois, and Northwestern University. Single-crystal data were collected at the IMSERC X-ray Facility at Northwestern University, supported by the International Institute of Nanotechnology (IIN).
Keywords
- Cesium nickel bromide
- Cesium nickel chloride
- Cesium nickel iodide
- Hydrothermal synthesis
- X-ray crystal structure
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Ceramics and Composites
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Materials Chemistry