Nature Communications (Jan 2021)

Preparation of iron(IV) nitridoferrate Ca4FeN4 through azide-mediated oxidation under high-pressure conditions

  • Simon D. Kloß,
  • Arthur Haffner,
  • Pascal Manuel,
  • Masato Goto,
  • Yuichi Shimakawa,
  • J. Paul Attfield

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20881-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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High-valent metal nitrides are difficult to stabilise due to the high thermodynamic stability and chemical inertness of N2. Here, the authors employ a large volume press to prepare an iron(IV) nitridoferrate Ca4FeIVN4 from Fe2N and Ca3N2 via azide-mediated oxidation under high pressure conditions.