Navigating the thermodynamic landscape in search of synthetic routes to ternary nitrides
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Abstract
Ternary nitride materials—a class of ceramics composed of two different metals bound with anionic nitrogen (N3-) as a solid—are underexplored because they are difficult to make. Nitrides rarely occur in nature, as the oxygen in the air (O2) is more reactive towards metals than the nitrogen (N2). Consequently, oxide minerals dominate the earth's crust while nitride minerals are extremely rare. Almost all ternary nitrides that have been discovered have synthesized, usually with rigorously air-free conditions. Despite much effort in the past century, the number of known ternary nitrides (approximately ...
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