Soft-Chemical Synthesis, Structure Evolution, and Insulator-to-Metal Transition in a Prototypical Metal Oxide, λ-RhO${}_2$

Juan R. Chamorro, Julia L. Zuo, Euan N. Bassey +10

$\lambda$-RhO${}_2$, a prototype 4d transition metal oxide, has been prepared by oxidative delithiation of spinel LiRh${}_2$O${}_4$ using ceric ammonium nitrate. Average-structure studies of t…