Lithium intercalation into the excitonic insulator candidate Ta2NiSe5

A new reduced phase derived from the excitonic insulator candidate Ta<sub>2</sub>NiSe<sub>5</sub> has been synthesized via the intercalation of lithium. LiTa<sub>2</sub>NiSe<sub>5</sub> crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group <i>Pmnb</i&g...

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Автори: Hyde, PA, Cen, J, Cassidy, SJ, Rees, NH, Holdship, P, Smith, RI, Zhu, B, Scanlon, DO, Clarke, SJ
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Опубліковано: American Chemical Society 2023
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author Hyde, PA
Cen, J
Cassidy, SJ
Rees, NH
Holdship, P
Smith, RI
Zhu, B
Scanlon, DO
Clarke, SJ
author_facet Hyde, PA
Cen, J
Cassidy, SJ
Rees, NH
Holdship, P
Smith, RI
Zhu, B
Scanlon, DO
Clarke, SJ
author_sort Hyde, PA
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description A new reduced phase derived from the excitonic insulator candidate Ta<sub>2</sub>NiSe<sub>5</sub> has been synthesized via the intercalation of lithium. LiTa<sub>2</sub>NiSe<sub>5</sub> crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group <i>Pmnb</i> (no. 62) with lattice parameters <i>a</i> = 3.50247(3) Å, <i>b</i> = 13.4053(4) Å, <i>c</i> = 15.7396(2) Å, and <i>Z</i> = 4, with an increase of the unit cell volume by 5.44(1)% compared with Ta<sub>2</sub>NiSe<sub>5</sub>. Significant rearrangement of the Ta-Ni-Se layers is observed, in particular a very significant relative displacement of the layers compared to the parent phase, similar to that which occurs under hydrostatic pressure. Neutron powder diffraction experiments and computational analysis confirm that Li occupies a distorted triangular prismatic site formed by Se atoms of adjacent Ta<sub>2</sub>NiSe<sub>5</sub> layers with an average Li–Se bond length of 2.724(2) Å. Li-NMR experiments show a single Li environment at ambient temperature. Intercalation suppresses the distortion to monoclinic symmetry that occurs in Ta<sub>2</sub>NiSe<sub>5</sub> at 328 K and that is believed to be driven by the formation of an excitonic insulating state. Magnetometry data show that the reduced phase has a smaller net diamagnetic susceptibility than Ta<sub>2</sub>NiSe<sub>5</sub> due to the enhancement of the temperature-independent Pauli paramagnetism caused by the increased density of states at the Fermi level evident also from the calculations, consistent with the injection of electrons during intercalation and formation of a metallic phase.
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spelling oxford-uuid:a00ad37e-d586-4b8b-a017-d83727bb4d262024-01-08T11:17:40ZLithium intercalation into the excitonic insulator candidate Ta2NiSe5Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:a00ad37e-d586-4b8b-a017-d83727bb4d26EnglishSymplectic ElementsAmerican Chemical Society2023Hyde, PACen, JCassidy, SJRees, NHHoldship, PSmith, RIZhu, BScanlon, DOClarke, SJA new reduced phase derived from the excitonic insulator candidate Ta<sub>2</sub>NiSe<sub>5</sub> has been synthesized via the intercalation of lithium. LiTa<sub>2</sub>NiSe<sub>5</sub> crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group <i>Pmnb</i> (no. 62) with lattice parameters <i>a</i> = 3.50247(3) Å, <i>b</i> = 13.4053(4) Å, <i>c</i> = 15.7396(2) Å, and <i>Z</i> = 4, with an increase of the unit cell volume by 5.44(1)% compared with Ta<sub>2</sub>NiSe<sub>5</sub>. Significant rearrangement of the Ta-Ni-Se layers is observed, in particular a very significant relative displacement of the layers compared to the parent phase, similar to that which occurs under hydrostatic pressure. Neutron powder diffraction experiments and computational analysis confirm that Li occupies a distorted triangular prismatic site formed by Se atoms of adjacent Ta<sub>2</sub>NiSe<sub>5</sub> layers with an average Li–Se bond length of 2.724(2) Å. Li-NMR experiments show a single Li environment at ambient temperature. Intercalation suppresses the distortion to monoclinic symmetry that occurs in Ta<sub>2</sub>NiSe<sub>5</sub> at 328 K and that is believed to be driven by the formation of an excitonic insulating state. Magnetometry data show that the reduced phase has a smaller net diamagnetic susceptibility than Ta<sub>2</sub>NiSe<sub>5</sub> due to the enhancement of the temperature-independent Pauli paramagnetism caused by the increased density of states at the Fermi level evident also from the calculations, consistent with the injection of electrons during intercalation and formation of a metallic phase.
spellingShingle Hyde, PA
Cen, J
Cassidy, SJ
Rees, NH
Holdship, P
Smith, RI
Zhu, B
Scanlon, DO
Clarke, SJ
Lithium intercalation into the excitonic insulator candidate Ta2NiSe5
title Lithium intercalation into the excitonic insulator candidate Ta2NiSe5
title_full Lithium intercalation into the excitonic insulator candidate Ta2NiSe5
title_fullStr Lithium intercalation into the excitonic insulator candidate Ta2NiSe5
title_full_unstemmed Lithium intercalation into the excitonic insulator candidate Ta2NiSe5
title_short Lithium intercalation into the excitonic insulator candidate Ta2NiSe5
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