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. Here we show that redox intercalation offers an effective method to control thermal expansion from positive to zero to negative.
Chen et al., Nat. Commun, Vol. 8, pp. 14441 (2017).

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 ScF3, doped with 10% Fe to enable reduction.

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Tunable thermal expansion in framework materials through redox intercalation
Jun Chen, Qilong Gao, Andrea Sanson, Xingxing Jiang, Qingzhen Huang, Alberto Carnera, Clara Guglieri  Rodriguez, Luca Olivi, Lei Wang, Lei Hu, Kun Lin, Yang Ren, Zheshuai Lin, Cong Wang, Lin Gu, Jinxia Deng, J. Paul Attfield and Xianran Xing.
Nature Communications, Vol. 8, pp. 14441 (2017).
10.1038/ncomms14441


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