Pressure-stabilized GdN<sub>6</sub> with an armchair–antiarmchair structure as a high energy density material
Lulu Liu, Dinghui Wang, Shoutao Zhang, Haijun Zhang
Abstract
Pressure-induced GdN<sub>6</sub> with armchair–antiarmchair polynitrogen has a high energy density of 1.62 kJ g<sup>−1</sup>, with excellent explosive performance comparable to that of TNT, becoming the first high energy density material among lanthanide nitrides.
Topics & Concepts
LanthanideExplosive materialNitrideMaterials scienceEnergy densityHigh pressureCrystallographyNanotechnologyChemistryThermodynamicsEngineering physicsPhysicsLayer (electronics)IonOrganic chemistryEnergetic Materials and CombustionInorganic Chemistry and MaterialsBoron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research