Expanding frontiers in materials chemistry and physics with multiple anions

During the last century, inorganic oxide compounds laid foundations for materials synthesis, characterization, and technology translation by adding new functions into devices previously dominated by main-group element semiconductor compounds. Today, compounds with multiple anions beyond the single-o...

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Published in:Nature communications 2018-02, Vol.9 (1), p.772-15, Article 772
Main Authors: Kageyama, Hiroshi, Hayashi, Katsuro, Maeda, Kazuhiko, Attfield, J. Paul, Hiroi, Zenji, Rondinelli, James M., Poeppelmeier, Kenneth R.
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Language:English
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Anions
Catalysis
Chemistry
Electronic materials
Energy conversion
Fluorides
Humanities and Social Sciences
multidisciplinary
Oxyhalides
Physical properties
Physics
Review
Review Article
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Structural analysis
Synthesis
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Summary:During the last century, inorganic oxide compounds laid foundations for materials synthesis, characterization, and technology translation by adding new functions into devices previously dominated by main-group element semiconductor compounds. Today, compounds with multiple anions beyond the single-oxide ion, such as oxyhalides and oxyhydrides, offer a new materials platform from which superior functionality may arise. Here we review the recent progress, status, and future prospects and challenges facing the development and deployment of mixed-anion compounds, focusing mainly on oxide-derived materials. We devote attention to the crucial roles that multiple anions play during synthesis, characterization, and in the physical properties of these materials. We discuss the opportunities enabled by recent advances in synthetic approaches for design of both local and overall structure, state-of-the-art characterization techniques to distinguish unique structural and chemical states, and chemical/physical properties emerging from the synergy of multiple anions for catalysis, energy conversion, and electronic materials. Inorganic compounds with multiple anions have added a new dimension to the discovery of materials. Here the authors review the recent progress in the development of mixed-anion compounds, focusing on the roles of multiple anions in synthesis, characterization and properties.
ISSN:2041-1723
2041-1723
DOI:10.1038/s41467-018-02838-4