Jacqueline E Cloud et al.
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 53(52), 14527-14532 (2014-11-05)
The synthesis of colloidal nanocrystals (NCs) of lithiated group 14 elements (Z=Si, Ge, and Sn) is reported, which are Li4.4 Si, Li3.75 Si, Li4.4 Ge, and Li4.4 Sn. Lix Z compounds are highly reactive and cannot be synthesized by existing methods.