Abstract
The closely related, narrowly non-stoichiometric, metastable as well as thermodynamically stable "phases" in the metal-rich part of the Ni-S phase diagram near the nominal composition Ni7±xS6 have been carefully re-investigated via electron diffraction and transmission electron microscope imaging. Two quite distinct polymorphs have been identified, a minority incommensurate interface-modulated polymorph and a (heavily twinned) majority I1a1, a=2ap, b=2bp, c=-ap+c p superstructure (of an underlying Bmmb, ap∼3.3, bp∼16.4, cp∼11.3Å parent structure) polymorph. The incommensurate polymorph is shown to be very closely related to the only known polymorph of Ni6±xSe5 and is rapidly stabilized to room temperature upon doping of the sulfide compounds with selenium.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 351-360 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Journal of Solid State Chemistry |
| Volume | 170 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Feb 2003 |
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