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Ab initio study of mechanical stability, thermodynamic and elastic properties of Rh, RhH, and RhH2 under high temperature and pressure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 July 2014

Guobing Pan ,
Chenghua Hu ,
P. Zhou ,
Feng Wang ,
Zhou Zheng  and
Bo Liang
Guobing Pan
Affiliation:
School of Civil Engineering & Architecture, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing 400074, China
Chenghua Hu*
Affiliation:
Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing 400074, China
P. Zhou
Affiliation:
Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing 400074, China
Feng Wang
Affiliation:
Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing 400074, China
Zhou Zheng
Affiliation:
Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, China
Bo Liang*
Affiliation:
School of Civil Engineering & Architecture, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing 400074, China
*
a)Address all correspondence to these authors. e-mail: hchh4136@163.com
b)e-mail: liang_laoshi@126.com
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Abstract

In this work, mechanical stability, thermodynamic and elastic properties of rhodium (Rh), rhodium monohydride (RhH), and the newly discovered rhodium dihydride (RhH2) under high temperature and pressure are studied by ab initio method together with quasiharmonic Debye model. Mechanical stability test indicates that RhH2 is no longer mechanically stable when pressure is higher than 22.7 GPa, which is quite less than the dynamically stable pressure (90 GPa). The heat capacity at constant volume (Cv) of Rh, RhH, or RhH2 increases proportional to T3 at low temperature, and tends to Dulong–Petit limit (about 241.67, 478.47, and 706.15 J/(kg·K), respectively). The thermal expansion coefficient (α) of Rh, RhH, and RhH2 increases acutely when temperature is not more than 300 K. And then, the increase of α slows down. The α reduces with pressure transiently. H atom's entering in fcc-Rh lattice would greatly change the electron density distribution, which would cause obvious difference in thermodynamic and elastic properties between Rh, RhH, and RhH2.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 29 , Issue 12 , 28 June 2014 , pp. 1334 - 1343
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2014 

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