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Correlated Anion Disorder in Heteroanionic Cubic TiOF2

Journal Article · · Journal of the American Chemical Society
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c06304· OSTI ID:2469512
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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) (France); Le Mans Université (France)
  2. Univ. of Bath (United Kingdom); Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot (United Kingdom). The Faraday Institution
  3. Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot (United Kingdom). The Faraday Institution; Univ. of Birmingham (United Kingdom)
  4. Sorbonne Univ., Paris (France); Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) (France); Réseau sur le Stockage Electrochimique de l’Energie (RS2E) (France)
  5. Univ. Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette (France); Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) (France)
  6. Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)

Resolving anion configurations in heteroanionic materials is crucial for understanding and controlling their properties. For anion-disordered oxyfluorides, conventional Bragg diffraction cannot fully resolve the anionic structure, necessitating alternative structure determination methods. We have investigated the anionic structure of anion-disordered cubic (ReO3-type) TiOF2 using X-ray pair distribution function (PDF), 19F MAS NMR analysis, density functional theory (DFT), cluster expansion modeling, and genetic-algorithm structure prediction. Our computational data predict short-range anion ordering in TiOF2, characterized by predominant cis-[O2F4] titanium coordination, resulting in correlated anion disorder at longer ranges. To validate our predictions, we generated partially disordered supercells using genetic-algorithm structure prediction and computed simulated X-ray PDF data and 19F MAS NMR spectra, which we compared directly to experimental data. To construct our simulated 19F NMR spectra, we derived new transformation functions for mapping calculated magnetic shieldings to predicted magnetic chemical shifts in titanium (oxy)fluorides, obtained by fitting DFT-calculated magnetic shieldings to previously published experimental chemical shift data for TiF4. We find good agreement between our simulated and experimental data, which supports our computationally predicted structural model and demonstrates the effectiveness of complementary experimental and computational techniques in resolving anionic structure in anion-disordered oxyfluorides. From additional DFT calculations, we predict that increasing anion disorder makes lithium intercalation more favorable by, on average, up to 2 eV, highlighting the significant effect of variations in short-range order on the intercalation properties of anion-disordered materials.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
2469512
Journal Information:
Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal Name: Journal of the American Chemical Society Journal Issue: 31 Vol. 146; ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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