Hidden diversity of vacancy networks in Prussian blue analogues.

ABSTRACT: Prussian blue analogues (PBAs) are a diverse family of microporous inorganic solids, known for their gas storage ability¹, metal-ion immobilization², proton conduction³, and stimuli-dependent magnetic^4,5, electronic⁶ and optical⁷ properties. This family of materials includes the double-metal cyanide catalysts^8,9 and the hexacyanoferrate/hexacyanomanganate battery materials^10,11. Central to the various physical properties of PBAs is their ability to reversibly transport mass, a process enabled by structural vacancies. Conventionally presumed to be random^12,13, vacancy arrangements are crucial because they control micropore-network characteristics, and hence the diffusivity and adsorption profi

SUBMITTER: Simonov A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7025896 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature