Nature Communications (Jun 2018)

Understanding crystallization pathways leading to manganese oxide polymorph formation

  • Bor-Rong Chen,
  • Wenhao Sun,
  • Daniil A. Kitchaev,
  • John S. Mangum,
  • Vivek Thampy,
  • Lauren M. Garten,
  • David S. Ginley,
  • Brian P. Gorman,
  • Kevin H. Stone,
  • Gerbrand Ceder,
  • Michael F. Toney,
  • Laura T. Schelhas

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04917-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Minor variations in synthesis conditions can redirect crystallization pathways through different nonequilibrium intermediates. Here, the authors present a theoretical framework to predict which polymorphs appear during MnO2 precipitation, which is validated by in situ X-ray scattering of reaction progression.