Semiconducting cubic titanium nitride in the Th3P4 structure

Bhadram, Venkata S.; Liu, Hanyu; Xu, Enshi; Li, Tianshu; Prakapenka, Vitali B.; Hrubiak, Rostislav; Lany, Stephan; Strobel, Timothy A.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.011602

Title: Semiconducting cubic titanium nitride in the ${Th}_{3} P_{4}$ structure

Journal Article · 22 January 2018 · Physical Review Materials

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.011602 · OSTI ID:1429605

Bhadram, Venkata S. ^[1]; Liu, Hanyu ^[1]; Xu, Enshi ^[2]; Li, Tianshu ^[2]; Prakapenka, Vitali B. ^[3]; Hrubiak, Rostislav ^[4]; Lany, Stephan ^[5]; Strobel, Timothy A. ^[1]

Carnegie Inst. of Science, Washington, DC (United States)
George Washington Univ., Washington, DC (United States)
Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States)
Carnegie Inst. of Washington, Argonne, IL (United States). Geophysical Lab., High Pressure Collaborative Access Team (HPCAT)
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

We report the discovery of a long-sought-after phase of titanium nitride with stoichiometry Ti3N4 using diamond anvil cell experiments combined with in situ high-resolution x-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy techniques, supported by ab initio calculations.

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Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Next Generation of Materials by Design: Incorporating Metastability (CNGMD). Energy Frontier Research in Extreme Environments (EFree); National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308; SC0001057; FG02-94ER14466; AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1429605

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1417691

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA-5K00-70919; PRMHAR; TRN: US1802612

Journal Information:: Physical Review Materials, Vol. 2, Issue 1; ISSN 2475-9953

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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