Experimental verification of the high pressure crystal structures in NH{sub 3}BH{sub 3}

Journal Article · Sat Jun 28 04:00:00 EDT 2014 · Journal of Chemical Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4884819· OSTI ID:22311387

Huang, Yanping; Huang, Xiaoli; Zhao, Zhonglong; Li, Wenbo; Jiang, Shuqing; Duan, Defang; Bao, Kuo; Zhou, Qiang; Liu, Bingbing; Cui, Tian ^[1]

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1. State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012 (China)

A detailed high-pressure study on NH{sub 3}BH{sub 3} has been carried out using in situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Raman scattering with a diamond anvil cell up to 20 and 33 GPa, respectively. The Rietveld refinement based on the XRD pattern and analysis of Raman data indicate two first-order phase transitions from the ambient pressure I4 mm structure (α-NH{sub 3}BH{sub 3}) to a high pressure Cmc2{sub 1} phase (β-NH{sub 3}BH{sub 3}) at 2.14 GPa, and further into a monoclinic P2{sub 1} (Z = 2) phase (γ-NH{sub 3}BH{sub 3}) at 9.67 GPa. Fitting the measured volumetric compression data to the third order Birch-Murnaghan equation of state reveals a bulk modulus of B{sub 0} = 9.9 ± 0.5 and 17.0 ± 3.0 GPa (with fixed B{sub 0}{sup ′} = 4) for the β-NH{sub 3}BH{sub 3} below and above 5 GPa, respectively. Still, with the splitting of the NBH rock mode in Raman experiment, it is concluded that a second-order isostructural phase transition occurs at 5 GPa. By analyzing the dihydrogen bonding framework, the origin of the isostructural phase transition is attributed to the number of dihydrogen bondings per molecule in the Cmc2{sub 1} phase increasing from 12 to 14 at 5 GPa.

• OSTI ID: 22311387
• Journal Information: Journal of Chemical Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Chemical Physics Journal Issue: 24 Vol. 140; ISSN JCPSA6; ISSN 0021-9606
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
BONDING
EQUATIONS OF STATE
MOLECULES
MONOCLINIC LATTICES
ORTHORHOMBIC LATTICES
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
RAMAN EFFECT
X-RAY DIFFRACTION