High-pressure synthesis of ultraincompressible hard rhenium nitride pernitride Re2(N2)(N)2 stable at ambient conditions

Bykov, Maxim; Chariton, Stella; Fei, Hongzhan; Fedotenko, Timofey; Aprilis, Georgios; Ponomareva, Alena V.; Tasnádi, Ferenc; Abrikosov, Igor A.; Merle, Benoit; Feldner, Patrick; Vogel, Sebastian; Schnick, Wolfgang; Prakapenka, Vitali B.; Greenberg, Eran; Hanfland, Michael; Pakhomova, Anna; Liermann, Hanns-Peter; Katsura, Tomoo; Dubrovinskaia, Natalia; Dubrovinsky, Leonid

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-10995-3

Title: High-pressure synthesis of ultraincompressible hard rhenium nitride pernitride Re₂(N₂)(N)₂ stable at ambient conditions

Journal Article · 05 July 2019 · Nature Communications

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10995-3 · OSTI ID:1542989

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Univ. of Bayreuth (Germany)
National Univ. of Science and Technology (MISIS), Moscow (Russia)
Linköping Univ. (Sweden)
Friedrich-Alexander-Univ., Erlangen (Germany)
Univ. of Munich (LMU) (Germany)
Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States). Center for Advanced Radiation Sources (CARS)
European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), Grenoble (France)
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany). Photon Science

High-pressure synthesis in diamond anvil cells can yield unique compounds with advanced properties, but often they are either unrecoverable at ambient conditions or produced in quantity insufficient for properties characterization. Here we report the synthesis of metallic, ultraincompressible (K₀ = 28(10) GPa), and very hard (nanoindentation hardness 36.7(8) GPa) rhenium nitride pernitride Re₂(N₂)(N)₂. Unlike known transition metals pernitrides Re₂(N₂)(N)₂ contains both pernitride N₂^4– and discrete N^3– anions, which explains its exceptional properties. Re₂(N₂)(N)₂ can be obtained via a reaction between rhenium and nitrogen in a diamond anvil cell at pressures from 40 to 90 GPa and is recoverable at ambient conditions. We develop a route to scale up its synthesis through a reaction between rhenium and ammonium azide, NH₄N₃, in a large-volume press at 33 GPa. Although metallic bonding is typically seen incompatible with intrinsic hardness, Re₂(N₂)(N)₂ turned to be at a threshold for superhard materials.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)

Sponsoring Organization:: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG); German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF); Fonds der Chemischen Industrie (FCI); National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division; Russian Science Foundation (RSF); Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation; Swedish Research Council (VR); Swedish Government Strategic Research Area in Materials Science on Functional Materials; VINN Excellence Center Functional Nanoscale Materials (FunMat-2); European Research Council (ERC)

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-94ER14466; AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1542989

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 10; ISSN 2041-1723

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: ENGLISH

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