Fig. 1: Schematic of the interlayer structure in layered metal oxide/hydroxides with different interlayer filling densities of ions. | Nature Communications

Fig. 1: Schematic of the interlayer structure in layered metal oxide/hydroxides with different interlayer filling densities of ions.

From: Critical role of water structure around interlayer ions for ion storage in layered double hydroxides

Fig. 1

The high interlayer filling density of ions results in small pores that are not filled by the interlayer ions; water is incorporated and structured in these pores. The low interlayer filling regime results in large unfilled pores. In all crystal structures, the green octahedra is MO6 or M(OH)6, and the red and white spheres are oxygen or hydroxide ions and hydrogen atoms, respectively. The VESTA programme was used for visualising the crystal structures15.

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