Multi-dimensional inorganic electrides for energy conversion and storage

W Meng, J Wang, X Wang, W Wang, X Zhang… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Reflecting on the course of global development, the progress of high-performance new
materials has played a pivotal role in human history. Researchers are vigorously developing …

Coexistence of superconductivity and electride states in Ca 2 H with an antifluorite-type motif under compression

Q Wang, S Zhang, H Li, H Wang, G Liu, J Ma… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrogen-abundant compounds, as highly potential candidates of near-or room-
temperature superconductors, have recently attracted substantial attention. It is noted that …

Superconductivity in electride

X Zhang, Y Yao, S Ding, A Bergara, F Li, Y Liu… - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
Located at crystal voids, interstitial anion electrons (IAEs) have diverse topologies, which
may be tuned to achieve different properties. Elucidating the role of IAEs in electron-phonon …

Interstitial anionic electrons favoring superconductivity in Li-As electrides

Y Zhao, A Bergara, X Zhang, F Li, Y Liu, G Yang - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
Interstitial anionic electrons (IAEs) at lattice cavities of electrides, which have diverse
morphologies and concentrations, can induce interesting physical and chemical properties …

Prediction of potential high-temperature superconductivity in ternary Y–Hf–H compounds under high pressure

Y Wang, Y Jin, F Yang, J Zhang, C Zhang, F Kuang… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Compressed ternary alloy superhydrides are currently considered to be the most promising
competitors for high-temperature superconducting materials. Here, the stable …

Exploring the Coexistence Conditions and Intrinsic Relationships between Electrides, Superconductivity, Kagome Lattice, and Superionic Behaviors in Li–Ge …

X Wang, W Tang, XW Sun, ZJ Liu, B Cao… - ACS Materials …, 2024 - ACS Publications
A systematic prediction of crystal structures of the Li x Ge (x= 1–8) system is performed using
a combination of structure prediction and ab initio calculations coupled with deep learning …

Superconducting Electride Li9S with a Transition Temperature above the McMillan Limit

Q Wu, X Li, X Zhang, G Yang - Inorganic Chemistry, 2024 - ACS Publications
An electride, characterized by unique interstitial anionic electrons (IAEs), offers promising
avenues for modulating its superconductivity. The pressure-dependent coupling between …

Superconducting Li11Sb2 electride at ambient pressure

Y Zhao, J Gao, X Zhang, S Ding, Y Liu… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The exploration of electrides, especially stabilized at ambient pressure, is of great interest in
condensed matter physics due to their intriguing properties induced by interstitial anionic …

A ten-fold coordinated high-pressure structure in hafnium dihydrogen with increasing superconducting transition temperature induced by enhancive pressure

YQ Wang, CZ Zhang, JQ Zhang, S Li, M Ju… - Chinese …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
High pressure is an effective method to induce structural and electronic changes, creating
novel high-pressure structures with excellent physical and chemical properties. Herein, we …

Transport and scattering of confined electrons in electrides

M Rafiee Diznab, V Askarpour, J Maassen - MRS Communications, 2024 - Springer
Electrides are ionic solids in which electrons act as the anions by partially detaching from
their host atoms and occupying empty regions in the crystal structure. These loosely-bound …