Cs10H[Ga3H8]3 : A Hydrogenous Zintl Phase Containing Propane-Like Polyanions [Ga3H8]3- and Interstitial Hydrogen

• The hydrogenous Zintl-phase Cs10H[Ga3H8](3) containing propane-like polyanions [Ga3H(D)(8)](3-) was successfully synthesized by direct hydrogenation of a 1:1 Cs/Ga metal mixture and characterized by powder X-ray and neutron diffraction. The charge of the polyanions is balanced by two different species of cations, hydrogen-centered octahedra [H(D)Cs-6](5+) and isolated Cs+. The structure crystallizes in the hexagonal space group P6(3)/mcm (193) with the cell parameters a = 11.1108(3) angstrom, c = 18.2149(5) angstrom, Z = 2.

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Kemi -- Materialkemi (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Chemical Sciences -- Materials Chemistry (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Metal hydrides

Polyanionic

X-ray powder diffraction

Neutron Powder diffraction

Solid state synthesis

Structural Chemistry

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