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Structural complexity in Prussian blue analogues

Abstract:
We survey the most important kinds of structural complexity in Prussian blue analogues, their implications for materials function, and how they might be controlled through judicious choice of composition. We focus on six particular aspects: octahedral tilts, A-site 'slides', Jahn–Teller distortions, A-site species and occupancy, hexacyanometallate vacancies, and framework hydration. The promising K-ion cathode material KxMn[Fe(CN)6]y serves as a recurrent example that illustrates many of these different types of complexity. Our article concludes with a discussion of how the interplay of various distortion mechanisms might be exploited to optimise the performance of this and other related systems, so as to aid in the design of next-generation PBA materials.
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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1039/d1mh01124c

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Chemistry
Sub department:
Inorganic Chemistry
Oxford college:
St Anne's College
Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0001-9231-3749


Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry
Journal:
Materials Horizons More from this journal
Volume:
8
Issue:
12
Pages:
3178-3186
Publication date:
2021-10-22
Acceptance date:
2021-10-21
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EISSN:
2051-6355
ISSN:
2051-6347


Language:
English
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Pubs id:
1205784
Local pid:
pubs:1205784
Deposit date:
2021-10-25

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