Multi-dimensional inorganic electrides for energy conversion and storage

Weizhen Meng, Jianhua Wang, Xiaotian Wang, Wenhong Wang, Xiaoming Zhang, Yoshio Bando and Zhenxiang Cheng

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, 12, 2583
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Theoretical study of substituent effects on electride characteristics and the nonlinear optical properties of Li@calix[4]pyrrole

Hui Weng, Yunyang Teng, Qi Sheng, Zhongjun Zhou, Xuri Huang, Zhiru Li and Tao Zhang

RSC Adv., 2019, 9, 37919
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Nearly flat nodal surface states in pseudo-one-dimensional molybdenum monochalcogenides X(MoS)3(X = K, Rb, and Cs)

Tie Yang and Xiaoming Zhang

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8, 9046
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Topological nodal lines and nodal points in the antiferromagnetic material β-Fe2PO5

Tingli He, Xiaoming Zhang, Weizhen Meng, Lei Jin, Xuefang Dai and Guodong Liu

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2019, 7, 12657
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Topological nodal line state in superconducting NaAlSi compound

Lei Jin, Xiaoming Zhang, Tingli He, Weizhen Meng, Xuefang Dai and Guodong Liu

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2019, 7, 10694
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Electrides: a review

Chang Liu, Sergey A. Nikolaev, Wei Ren and Lee A. Burton

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2020, 8, 10551
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Complex nodal structure phonons formed by open and closed nodal lines in CoAsS and Na2CuP solids

Guangqian Ding, Tingting Sun, Gokhan Surucu, Ozge Surucu, Aysenur Gencer and Xiaotian Wang

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2022, 24, 17210
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Signature of low-dimensional quasi-F centers in zirconium-rich electrides

Dinesh Thapa, Shambhu Bhandari Sharma, Dario Alfè, Dmitri Kilin and Svetlana Kilina

Mater. Horiz., 2024, 11, 3613
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Centrosymmetric Li2NaN: a superior topological electronic material with critical-type triply degenerate nodal points

Lei Jin, Xiaoming Zhang, Xuefang Dai, Heyan Liu, Guifeng Chen and Guodong Liu

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2019, 7, 1316
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Periodic trends in the structural, electronic, and transport properties of electrenes

Mohammad Rafiee Diznab, Erin R. Johnson and Jesse Maassen

Nanoscale, 2023, 15, 12038
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Two-dimensional [CaCl]+·e− with its strippable feasibility as an applicable electride with room-temperature ferromagnetism and extremely low work function

Weizhen Meng, Xiaoming Zhang, Ying Liu, Xuefang Dai, Hongli Gao and Guodong Liu

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2021, 9, 15477
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Type-II Weyl fermion induced hydrogen adsorption in a two-dimensional electride [Ca2N]+·e−

Zeqing He, Weizhen Meng, Ying Liu, Xiaoming Zhang and Guodong Liu

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2022, 10, 12510
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Topological electride Hf2Se: Enhanced hydrogen evolution reaction activity from nontrivial topological Fermi arc

Weizhen Meng, Jiayu Jiang, Hongbo Wu, Yalong Jiao, Xiaoming Zhang, Zhenxiang Cheng and Xiaotian Wang

EcoEnergy, 2025, 3, 432
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Obvious Surface States Connecting to the Projected Triple Points in NaCl’s Phonon Dispersion

Li Zhang, Fang Fang, Lixin Cheng, Huiming Lin and Kai Wang

Front. Chem., 2021, 9
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Theoretical Descriptors of Electrides

Stephen G. Dale and Erin R. Johnson

J. Phys. Chem. A, 2018, 122, 9371
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Assessing Dimensionality in Electrides

Samuel M. Weaver, Matthew G. Lanetti, Connor C. Slamowitz, Rebecca C. Radomsky and Scott C. Warren

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2025, 129, 3211
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Ternary inorganic electrides with mixed bonding

Junjie Wang, Qiang Zhu, Zhenhai Wang and Hideo Hosono

Phys. Rev. B, 2019, 99
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Investigation of electronic, elastic, and optical properties of topological electride Ca3Pb via first-principles calculations*

Chang Sun, Xin-Yu Cao, Xi-Hui Wang, Xiao-Le Qiu, Zheng-Hui Fang, Yu-Jie Yuan, Kai Liu and Xiao Zhang

Chinese Phys. B, 2021, 30, 057104
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Computational Discovery of Inorganic Electrides from an Automated Screening

Qiang Zhu, Timofey Frolov and Kamal Choudhary

Matter, 2019, 1, 1293
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Universal Metallic Surface States in Electrides

Dan Wang, Hongxing Song, Leilei Zhang, Hao Wang, Yi Sun, Fengchao Wu, Ying Chen, Xiangrong Chen and Huayun Geng

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2024, 128, 1845
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Ternary compound HfCuP: An excellent Weyl semimetal with the coexistence of type-I and type-II Weyl nodes

Weizhen Meng, Xiaoming Zhang, Tingli He, Lei Jin, Xuefang Dai, Ying Liu and Guodong Liu

Journal of Advanced Research, 2020, 24, 523
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Magnetic electrides: Recent advances in materials realization and application prospects

Weizhen Meng, Jingbo Bai, Fengxian Ma, Yalong Jiao, Shiyao Wang, Jiayu Jiang, Xiaoming Zhang, Zhenxiang Cheng and Tie Yang

Applied Physics Reviews, 2025, 12
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Hexagonal Zr3X (X = Al, Ga, In) Metals: High Dynamic Stability, Nodal Loop, and Perfect Nodal Surface States

Heju Xu, Hailong Xi and Yong-Chun Gao

Front. Chem., 2020, 8
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Advances in Materials and Applications of Inorganic Electrides

Hideo Hosono and Masaaki Kitano

Chem. Rev., 2021, 121, 3121
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Highly anisotropic type-II nodal line state in pure titanium metal

Xiaoming Zhang, Lei Jin, Xuefang Dai and Guodong Liu

Applied Physics Letters, 2018, 112
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Spin-polarized nearly-free electron channels on fluorinated Ca2N electrenes

Pedro H. Souza, José E. Padilha and Roberto H. Miwa

Phys. Rev. Materials, 2025, 9
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Simultaneous Superconducting and Topological Properties in Mg–Li Electrides at High Pressures

Dan Wang, Hongxing Song, Qidong Hao, Guangfa Yang, Hao Wang, Leilei Zhang, Ying Chen, Xiangrong Chen and Huayun Geng

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2025, 129, 689
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Semiconducting Electrides Derived from Sodalite: A First-Principles Study

Chang Liu, Musiha Mahfuza Mukta, Byungkyun Kang and Qiang Zhu

ACS Omega, 2025, 10, 1635
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Computational design of flexible electrides with nontrivial band topology

Sheng-Cai Zhu, Lei Wang, Jing-Yu Qu, Jun-Jie Wang, Timofey Frolov, Xing-Qiu Chen and Qiang Zhu

Phys. Rev. Materials, 2019, 3
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Electrides as a New Platform of Topological Materials

Motoaki Hirayama, Satoru Matsuishi, Hideo Hosono and Shuichi Murakami

Phys. Rev. X, 2018, 8
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Multifold Fermions and Fermi Arcs Boosted Catalysis in Nanoporous Electride 12CaO·7Al2O3

Weizhen Meng, Xiaoming Zhang, Ying Liu, Xuefang Dai, Guodong Liu, Yuantong Gu, E. P. Kenny and Liangzhi Kou

Advanced Science, 2023, 10
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Honeycomb Electron Lattice Induced Dirac Fermion with Trigonal Warping in Bilayer Electrides

Weizhen Meng, Hongbo Wu, Yalong Jiao, Fengxian Ma, Shiyao Wang, Ying Liu, Guodong Liu and Xiaoming Zhang

Small, 2024, 20
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Research Progresses of Inorganic Electrides

莉芳张

JAPC, 2021, 10, 51
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Multi‐Dimensional Topological Fermions in Electrides

Weizhen Meng, Xiaoming Zhang, Jiayu Jiang, Zihan Li, Ying Liu, Xuefang Dai and Guodong Liu

Advanced Physics Research, 2023, 2
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Topological phase with a critical-type nodal line state in intermetallic CaPd

Guodong Liu, Lei Jin, Xuefang Dai, Guifeng Chen and Xiaoming Zhang

Phys. Rev. B, 2018, 98
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Lithium-Richest Phase of Lithium Tetrelides Li17Tt4 (Tt = Si, Ge, Sn, and Pb) as an Electride

Yuta Tsuji, Wataru Hashimoto and Kazunari Yoshizawa

Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 2019, 92, 1154
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Predicted remarkably topological nodal surface states in P63/m type Sr3WN3 from first-principles

Tie Yang, R. Khenata and Xiaotian Wang

Results in Physics, 2020, 17, 103026
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Topological Nodal Line Electrides: Realization of an Ideal Nodal Line State Nearly Immune from Spin–Orbit Coupling

Xiaoming Zhang, Botao Fu, Lei Jin, Xuefang Dai, Guodong Liu and Yugui Yao

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2019, 123, 25871
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Magnetic Electrides: High-Throughput Material Screening, Intriguing Properties, and Applications

Xiaoming Zhang, Weizhen Meng, Ying Liu, Xuefang Dai, Guodong Liu and Liangzhi Kou

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, 145, 5523
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Topological nodal line electride with inherently small spin-orbit coupling gaps

Yinuo Huo, Yihang Lin, Yong-An Zhong, Lei Jin, Ying Liu, Xuefang Dai, Xiaoming Zhang and Guodong Liu

Phys. Rev. B, 2025, 112
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Higher-order topological crystalline insulating phase and quantized hinge charge in topological electride apatite

Motoaki Hirayama, Ryo Takahashi, Satoru Matsuishi, Hideo Hosono and Shuichi Murakami

Phys. Rev. Research, 2020, 2
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Antiferromagnetism caused by excess electrons and multiple topological electronic states in the electride Ba4Al5·e−

Weizhen Meng, Xiaoming Zhang, Ying Liu, Xuefang Dai and Guodong Liu

Phys. Rev. B, 2021, 104
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Magnetic topological materials in two-dimensional: theory, material realization and application prospects

Xiaoming Zhang, Xiaotian Wang, Tingli He, Lirong Wang, Wei-Wang Yu, Ying Liu, Guodong Liu and Zhenxiang Cheng

Science Bulletin, 2023, 68, 2639
DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2023.09.004

First-Principles Study of Dimensionality Evolution of Electrides under Pressure

Siyuan Gao, Xuelei Sui and Xiaohong Shao

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2025, 129, 22082
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5c05197