We designed the first nanocrystals of sodium carbaboride in molten salts, and unveiled the deviation to ideal stoichiometry that is made possible by a specific molten salt-derived synthesis route and by the nanoscale of the objects. The nanocrystals can act as precursors towards functional boron carbides. This work is part of a Forum of Inorganic Chemistry.
Electron Precise Sodium Carbaboride Nanocrystals from Molten Salts: Single Sources to Boron Carbides, S. Delacroix, F. Igoa, Y. Song, Y. Le Godec, C. Coelho-Diogo, C. Gervais, G. Rousse, D. Portehault*, Inorganic Chemistry, 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c03501