A comprehensive review on synthesis of pristine and doped inorganic room temperature stable mayenite electride, [Ca24Al28O64]4+(e−)4 and its applications as a catalyst
Karim Khan , Ayesha Khan Tareen , Muhammad Aslam , Khalid Hussain Thebo , Usman Khan , Renheng Wang , S. Saqib Shams , Zhang Han , Zhengbiao Ouyang
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Abstract
Advances in the device fabrication in all emerging fields with promising features and improved control on material properties provide a strong motivation for researchers to reveal, recognize the potential of existing materials and to develop new ones with excellent properties by scheme a low cost syntheses method. Since the discovery of abundant, inorganic mayenite electride, [Ca24Al28O64]4+(e−)4 (thereafter, C12A7:e−) (2003), it has attracted much attention due to its unique and unconventional properties such as high electron concentration (∼2.3–7 × 1021 cm−3) and low work function (WF∼2.4 eV), which are comparable value with alkali metals, but is chemically inert in an ambient atmosphere. Furthermore, a severe reducing environment enables us to substitute electrons almost completely for anions in the cages, forming a stable inorganic electride, C12A7:e−. Finally, the formation of these active anions in this material has potential application as a catalyst support in the NH3 synthesis/decomposition, CO2 dissociation and specially recently introduced by our group as electrocatalyst in fuel cell. To further boost these applications the important thing was to synthesize high specific surface area, nanosized C12A7:e− powder with enhanced conductivity, that can be done by cation doping. Over the last decade, experimental studies supported by theoretical calculations have demonstrated that cation elements doping can further boost its electrical properties. Therefore, our group studied doping with more suitable cations, Si, Sn, Ga, V etc in C12A7:e− and we will explain each in detail. In this review we are going to describe progress in the synthesis of C12A7:e− especially in nanosized powder material, and about most important recent challenges towards the suitable cations doping in C12A7:e− electride and finally its industrial important applications as a catalyst.
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Progress in Solid State Chemistry offers critical reviews and specialized articles written by leading experts in the field, providing a comprehensive view of solid-state chemistry. It addresses the challenge of dispersed literature by offering up-to-date assessments of research progress and recent developments. Emphasis is placed on the relationship between physical properties and structural chemistry, particularly imperfections like vacancies and dislocations. The reviews published in Progress in Solid State Chemistry emphasize critical evaluation of the field, along with indications of current problems and future directions. Papers are not intended to be bibliographic in nature but rather to inform a broad range of readers in an inherently multidisciplinary field by providing expert treatises oriented both towards specialists in different areas of the solid state and towards nonspecialists. The authorship is international, and the subject matter will be of interest to chemists, materials scientists, physicists, metallurgists, crystallographers, ceramists, and engineers interested in the solid state.