Unsaturated Dinitrogen Difluoride under Pressure: toward high-Energy Density Polymerized NF Chains

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Main Authors: Chen, Guo, Lin, Ling, Zhang, Chengfeng, Zhang, Jie, Frapper, Gilles, Wang, Xianlong
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author Chen, Guo
Lin, Ling
Zhang, Chengfeng
Zhang, Jie
Frapper, Gilles
Wang, Xianlong
author_facet Chen, Guo
Lin, Ling
Zhang, Chengfeng
Zhang, Jie
Frapper, Gilles
Wang, Xianlong
contents Based on first-principles calculations and ab initio molecular dynamics simulations, the polymerisation of the unsaturated cis dinitrogen-difluoride (cis-N2F2) molecular compound is investigated. The thermodynamic, dynamical and thermal stabilities of the nitrogen fluorine NF system are investigated at conditions of 0-3000 K and 0-200 GPa. The cis-N2F2 molecule is a suitable precursor to obtain one-dimensional polymerized nitrogen-fluorine (poly-NF) chains at a pressure above 90 GPa and at a temperature around 1900 K. Importantly, these poly-NF chains can be quenched to room conditions, and potentially serve as a High-energy-density materials (HEDM). It has been established that when Al is utilised as a reducing agent, poly-NF chains exhibit a gravimetric energy density of 13.55 kJ/g, which exceeds that of cubic gauche nitrogen (cg-N, 9.70 kJ/g). This is attributable to the presence of both polymerised nitrogen and strong oxidising F atoms.
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spellingShingle Unsaturated Dinitrogen Difluoride under Pressure: toward high-Energy Density Polymerized NF Chains
Chen, Guo
Lin, Ling
Zhang, Chengfeng
Zhang, Jie
Frapper, Gilles
Wang, Xianlong
Materials Science
Chemical Physics
Based on first-principles calculations and ab initio molecular dynamics simulations, the polymerisation of the unsaturated cis dinitrogen-difluoride (cis-N2F2) molecular compound is investigated. The thermodynamic, dynamical and thermal stabilities of the nitrogen fluorine NF system are investigated at conditions of 0-3000 K and 0-200 GPa. The cis-N2F2 molecule is a suitable precursor to obtain one-dimensional polymerized nitrogen-fluorine (poly-NF) chains at a pressure above 90 GPa and at a temperature around 1900 K. Importantly, these poly-NF chains can be quenched to room conditions, and potentially serve as a High-energy-density materials (HEDM). It has been established that when Al is utilised as a reducing agent, poly-NF chains exhibit a gravimetric energy density of 13.55 kJ/g, which exceeds that of cubic gauche nitrogen (cg-N, 9.70 kJ/g). This is attributable to the presence of both polymerised nitrogen and strong oxidising F atoms.
title Unsaturated Dinitrogen Difluoride under Pressure: toward high-Energy Density Polymerized NF Chains
topic Materials Science
Chemical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.02376