Tunable thermal expansion in framework materials through redox intercalation

Thermal expansion properties of solids are of fundamental interest and control of thermal expansion is important for practical applications but can be difficult to achieve. Many framework-type materials show negative thermal expansion when internal cages are empty but positive thermal expansion when...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature communications 2017-02, Vol.8 (1), p.14441-14441, Article 14441
Hauptverfasser: Chen, Jun, Gao, Qilong, Sanson, Andrea, Jiang, Xingxing, Huang, Qingzhen, Carnera, Alberto, Rodriguez, Clara Guglieri, Olivi, Luca, Wang, Lei, Hu, Lei, Lin, Kun, Ren, Yang, Lin, Zheshuai, Wang, Cong, Gu, Lin, Deng, Jinxia, Attfield, J. Paul, Xing, Xianran
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Zusammenfassung:Thermal expansion properties of solids are of fundamental interest and control of thermal expansion is important for practical applications but can be difficult to achieve. Many framework-type materials show negative thermal expansion when internal cages are empty but positive thermal expansion when additional atoms or molecules fill internal voids present. Here we show that redox intercalation offers an effective method to control thermal expansion from positive to zero to negative by insertion of Li ions into the simple negative thermal expansion framework material ScF 3 , doped with 10% Fe to enable reduction. The small concentration of intercalated Li ions has a strong influence through steric hindrance of transverse fluoride ion vibrations, which directly controls the thermal expansion. Redox intercalation of guest ions is thus likely to be a general and effective method for controlling thermal expansion in the many known framework materials with phonon-driven negative thermal expansion. The positive thermal expansion exhibited by most materials at increased temperatures is a severe issue for many high precision applications. Here, Xing and co-workers show that redox intercalation of Li ions into a ScF 3 framework offers effective control of the thermal expansion for this simple material.
ISSN:2041-1723
2041-1723
DOI:10.1038/ncomms14441