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Intercalates of Bi₂Se₃ studied in situ by time-resolved powder X-ray diffraction and neutron diffraction.

ABSTRACT: Intercalation of lithium and ammonia into the layered semiconductor Bi₂Se₃ proceeds via a hyperextended (by >60%) ammonia-rich intercalate, to eventually produce a layered compound with lithium amide intercalated between the bismuth selenide layers which offers scope for further chemical manipulation.

SUBMITTER: Kamminga ME

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8383151 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Intercalates of Bi2Se3 studied in situ by time-resolved powder X-ray diffraction and neutron diffraction.

Kamminga Machteld E ME Cassidy Simon J SJ Jana Partha P PP Elgaml Mahmoud M Kelly Nicola D ND Clarke Simon J SJ

Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003) 20210816 33

Intercalation of lithium and ammonia into the layered semiconductor Bi2Se3 proceeds via a hyperextended (by >60%) ammonia-rich intercalate, to eventually produce a layered compound with lithium amide intercalated between the bismuth selenide layers which offers scope for further chemical manipulation. ...[more]

PMID: 34397063

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