Low-Temperature Predicted Structures of Ag₂S (Silver Sulfide).

ABSTRACT: Silver sulfide phases, such as body-centered cubic argentite and monoclinic acanthite, are widely known. Traditionally, acanthite is regarded as the only low-temperature phase of silver sulfide. However, the possible existence of other low-temperature phases of silver sulfide cannot be ruled out. Until now, there have been only a few suggestions about low-temperature Ag₂S phases that differ from monoclinic acanthite. The lack of a uniform approach has hampered the prediction of such phases. In this work, the use of such an effective tool as an evolutionary algorithm for the first time made it possible to perform a broad search for the model Ag₂S phases of silver sulfide, which are low-temperature with respect to cubic argentite. The possibility of forming Ag₂

SUBMITTER: Sadovnikov SI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10574637 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature