Effect of delithiation on the dimer transition of the honeycomb-lattice ruthenate Li${}_{2-x}$RuO${}_3$

Marco-Polo Jimenez-Segura, Atsutoshi Ikeda, Simon A. J. Kimber +3

The honeycomb-lattice ruthenate Li${}_2$RuO${}_3$ is made heavily Li-deficient by chemical oxidation by iodine. The delithiation triggers a different phase Li${}_{2-x}$RuO${}_3$, the "D-ph…