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Low dimensional nanostructures of fast ion conducting lithium nitride

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Low dimensional nanostructures of fast ion conducting lithium nitride. / Tapia-Ruiz, Nuria; Gordon, Alexandra; Jewell, Catherine et al.
In: Nature Communications, Vol. 11, 4492, 08.09.2020.

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Tapia-Ruiz, N, Gordon, A, Jewell, C, Edwards, H, Dunnill, C, Blackman, J, Snape, C, Brown, P, MacLaren, I, Baldoni, M, Besley, E, Titman, J & Gregory, D 2020, 'Low dimensional nanostructures of fast ion conducting lithium nitride', Nature Communications, vol. 11, 4492. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17951-6

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Tapia-Ruiz, N., Gordon, A., Jewell, C., Edwards, H., Dunnill, C., Blackman, J., Snape, C., Brown, P., MacLaren, I., Baldoni, M., Besley, E., Titman, J., & Gregory, D. (2020). Low dimensional nanostructures of fast ion conducting lithium nitride. Nature Communications, 11, Article 4492. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17951-6

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Tapia-Ruiz N, Gordon A, Jewell C, Edwards H, Dunnill C, Blackman J et al. Low dimensional nanostructures of fast ion conducting lithium nitride. Nature Communications. 2020 Sept 8;11:4492. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-17951-6

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Tapia-Ruiz, Nuria ; Gordon, Alexandra ; Jewell, Catherine et al. / Low dimensional nanostructures of fast ion conducting lithium nitride. In: Nature Communications. 2020 ; Vol. 11.

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title = "Low dimensional nanostructures of fast ion conducting lithium nitride",
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 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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AU - Tapia-Ruiz, Nuria

AU - Gordon, Alexandra

AU - Jewell, Catherine

AU - Edwards, Hannah

AU - Dunnill, Charles

AU - Blackman, James

AU - Snape, Colin

AU - Brown, Paul

AU - MacLaren, Ian

AU - Baldoni, Matteo

AU - Besley, Elena

AU - Titman, Jeremy

AU - Gregory, Duncan

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AB - 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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