Exploration of the reactive species in sodium-flux based nitride syntheses using in-situ liquid diffraction

Nitride materials have gained remarkable interest as materials for optoelectronic applications like LEDs and photovoltaics. In spite of the technological and scientific interest, the synthesis of nitride materials remains a challenge. The use of metallic flux techniques is successful, but the underlying processes are poorly understood. Herein, we propose neutron liquid diffraction as a direct probe of the reactive N-species in liquid sodium and will use total scattering approaches as tool for the thorough understanding of the underlying processes.