Route to high-energy density polymeric nitrogen t-N via He−N compounds

Polymeric nitrogen has yet to be recovered to ambient conditions, precluding its practical application as high-energy density material. Here, the authors highlight a possible route to the formation of a tetragonal polymeric nitrogen via helium-nitrogen compounds at high pressures.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yinwei Li, Xiaolei Feng, Hanyu Liu, Jian Hao, Simon A. T. Redfern, Weiwei Lei, Dan Liu, Yanming Ma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03200-4