First-principles study of the high-temperature phase of Li2NH

On the basis of ab initio molecular dynamics simulations, we propose that the Fm3̄m symmetry of the high-temperature (above 356 K) phase of Li 2NH results from dynamical disorder due to fast diffusion of Li interstitials and a slower diffusion of Li vacancies. Still, most of the NH groups point tetr...

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Үндсэн зохиолчид: Miceli, G, Ceriotti, M, Angioletti-Uberti, S, Bernasconi, M, Parrinello, M
Формат: Journal article
Хэл сонгох:English
Хэвлэсэн: 2011
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Тойм:On the basis of ab initio molecular dynamics simulations, we propose that the Fm3̄m symmetry of the high-temperature (above 356 K) phase of Li 2NH results from dynamical disorder due to fast diffusion of Li interstitials and a slower diffusion of Li vacancies. Still, most of the NH groups point tetrahedrally toward the nearest Li vacancy in a geometry reminiscent of the low-temperature Fd3̄m phase. Li diffusion appears at high temperature due to breaking of the tetrahedral clusters of Li interstitials present in our model of the low-temperature Fd3̄m phase. © 2011 American Chemical Society.