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Copper Silicides with the Highest Lithium Content: Li7CuSi2 Containing the 16-Electron Group [CuSi2]7− and Li7.3CuSi3 with Heterographene Nets equation image[CuSi]3.3−†

  1. Adam Slabon,
  2. Dr. Serhiy Budnyk,
  3. Dr. Eduardo Cuervo-Reyes,
  4. Dr. Michael Wörle,
  5. Dipl.-Ing. Christian Mensing,
  6. Prof. Dr. Reinhard Nesper*

Article first published online: 10 OCT 2012

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201203504

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Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Volume 51, Issue 46, pages 11594–11596, November 12, 2012

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Slabon, A., Budnyk, S., Cuervo-Reyes, E., Wörle, M., Mensing, C. and Nesper, R. (2012), Copper Silicides with the Highest Lithium Content: Li7CuSi2 Containing the 16-Electron Group [CuSi2]7− and Li7.3CuSi3 with Heterographene Nets equation image[CuSi]3.3− . Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 51: 11594–11596. doi: 10.1002/anie.201203504

Author Information

  1. Department of Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 10, CH-8093 Zürich (Switzerland)

*Department of Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 10, CH-8093 Zürich (Switzerland)

  1. †

    This work was financially supported by the SNF under project no. 2-77937-10 and the ETHZ.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 7 NOV 2012
  2. Article first published online: 10 OCT 2012
  3. Manuscript Revised: 19 SEP 2012
  4. Manuscript Received: 7 MAY 2012

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  • SNF. Grant Number: 2-77937-10
  • ETHZ

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Keywords:

  • electronic structure;
  • lithium;
  • silicides;
  • solid-state structures;
  • Zintl phases
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Incredibly rich in lithium: The ternary silicides Li7CuSi2 with the linear [Si-Cu-Si]7− Zintl anion (see picture) and Li7.3CuSi3 are compounds with the highest lithium content in the ternary system. The crystal and electronic structures of both compounds are discussed.

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