The article “High-Energy-Density Cubic Gauche Nitrogen Successfully Synthesized at Atmospheric Pressure” discusses the successful synthesis of cubic gauche nitrogen (cg-N), a high-energy-density material, by a team led by Prof. Wang Xianlong from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences. They achieved this using plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) with potassium azide (KN3) as the precursor, which enabled synthesis at atmospheric pressure. Cg-N, characterized by nitrogen atoms bonded similarly to diamond, exhibits high thermal stability up to 760 K and decomposes into nitrogen gas. This study marks an efficient approach to synthesize cg-N and contributes to advancements in high-energy-density materials.
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