The Parent Li(OH)FeSe Phase of Lithium Iron Hydroxide Selenide Superconductors
Author(s) -
Daniel N. Woodruff,
Francesca Schild,
Craig V. Topping,
Simon J. Cassidy,
Jack N. Blandy,
Stephen J. Blundell,
Amber L. Thompson,
Simon J. Clarke
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
inorganic chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.348
H-Index - 233
eISSN - 1520-510X
pISSN - 0020-1669
DOI - 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01734
Subject(s) - selenide , chemistry , stoichiometry , hydroxide , superconductivity , lithium (medication) , inorganic chemistry , phase (matter) , oxidation state , lithium hydroxide , ion , catalysis , ion exchange , condensed matter physics , selenium , medicine , physics , organic chemistry , endocrinology , biochemistry
Lithiation of hydrothermally synthesized Li 1-x Fe x (OH)Fe 1-y Se turns on high-temperature superconductivity when iron ions are displaced from the hydroxide layers by reductive lithiation to fill the vacancies in the iron selenide layers. Further lithiation results in reductive iron extrusion from the hydroxide layers, which turns off superconductivity again as the stoichiometric composition Li(OH)FeSe is approached. The results demonstrate the twin requirements of stoichiometric FeSe layers and reduction of Fe below the +2 oxidation state as found in several iron selenide superconductors.
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