A large new family of filled skutterudites stabilized by electron count
arXiv:1502.03127 · doi:10.1038/ncomms7489
Abstract
Based on the interplay of theory and experiment, a large new family of filled group 9 (Co, Rh and Ir) skutterudites is designed and synthesized. The new materials fill the empty cages in the structures of the known binary CoSb3, RhSb3 and IrSb3 skutterudites with alkaline, alkaline earth, and rare earth atoms to create compounds of the type AyB4X12; A atoms fill the cages to a fraction y, B are the group 9 transition metals, and X is a mixture of electronegative main group elements chosen to achieve chemical stability by adjusting the electron counts to electron-precise values. Forty-three new compounds are reported, antimony-tin and phosphorous-silicon based, with 63 compositional variations presented. The new family of compounds is large and general. The results described here can be extended to the synthesis of hundreds of new group 9 filled skutterudites.
A revised version with the title"A large family of filled skutterudites stabilized by electron count"will appear in Nature Communications
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