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Progress in Chemistry 2018, Vol. 30 Issue (12): 1803-1818 DOI: 10.7536/PC180303 Previous Articles   Next Articles

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Crystal Structure and Electronic Structure of Uranium Nitrides

Xiaofang Wang1*, Yin Hu1, Qifa Pan1, Ruilong Yang1, Zhong Long2, Kezhao Liu2*   

  1. 1. Science and Technology on Surface Physics and Chemistry Laboratory, Mianyang 621908, China;
    2. Institute of Materials, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621907, China
  • Received: Revised: Online: Published:
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    The work was supported by NSAF(No. U1630250), the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No. 21401174), the CAEP Foundation(No. TCSQ2016216, YZJJLX2016006, TP201402-3), and the CXTQ Foundation(No. CXTQ20171631302).
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Uranium nitrides have aroused more and more attention due to their unique physical and chemical properties and their excellent performance in applications such as nuclear fuel and anti-corrosion coating for uranium metal. In U-N system, five structures of uranium nitrides, including NaCl-type UN, HgIn-type UN, Mn2O3-type α-U2N3, La2O3-type β-U2N3 and CaF2-type UN2, have been identified and studied extensively. Up to now, because of the complex nonstoichiometric problems of uranium nitrides, the understanding of the transformation relationship between these phases is still ambiguous. In addition, the basic physical properties of uranium nitrides have been fundamentally changed due to the difference in electronic structures of uranium nitrides with different nitrogen content. The studies of the crystal structure and electronic structure of uranium nitrides are the first step in exploring the causes of their excellent performances, and have attracted much attention in recent years. Based on the analysis and summary of the literatures, as well as the research results of our group, this paper reviews the main progress in the study of the crystal structure and electronic structure of uranium nitrides. The phase transformation and electronic structure evolutions of uranium nitrides are summarized, which is expected to provide reference for the experimental studies and functional applications of uranium nitrides.
Contents
1 Introduction
2 Composition and crystal structure of uranium nitrides
2.1 Crystal structure of UN
2.2 Crystal structure of U2N3
2.3 Crystal structure of UN2
3 Phase relation of uranium nitrides
3.1 Phase relation between NaCl type UN and R3m type UN
3.2 Phase relation between NaCl type UN and U2N3
3.3 Phase relation between α-U2N3 and β-U2N3
3.4 Phase relation between UN2 and α-U2N3
3.5 Phase transition mechanism of uranium nitrides
4 Electronic structures of uranium nitrides
4.1 Electronic structure of UN
4.2 Electronic structure of nitrogen-rich nitrides
5 Conclusion and outlook
Key words: uranium nitrides, crystal structure, phase transition, electronic structure

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