Issue 12, 2021

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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Submitted
15 iyl 2021
Accepted
21 okt 2021
First published
22 okt 2021
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Mater. Horiz., 2021,8, 3178-3186

Structural complexity in Prussian blue analogues

J. Cattermull, M. Pasta and A. L. Goodwin, Mater. Horiz., 2021, 8, 3178 DOI: 10.1039/D1MH01124C

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