NiHO2

Nickel oxyhydroxide · Nickel(III) oxyhydroxide

Nickel oxyhydroxide is a dark-colored inorganic compound that serves as a critical active material in various rechargeable battery systems. It functions as a cathode component where it undergoes electrochemical reactions to facilitate energy storage and release.

Crystal structure of NiHO2 (monoclinic, Cm (No. 8))
Ground-state structure · Materials Project
Overview

Key Properties

Cross-validated computational properties for Nickel oxyhydroxide, aggregated across 3 databases.

Band Gap

0.17 eV
Range across DFT structures

Energy Above Hull

0.030 eV/atom
Best (lowest) across sources

Stability

Metastable
2 DFT sources

Structures

13
3 databases, 4 space groups
Crystallography

Reported Structures

Lowest-energy structures reported for NiHO2, ranked by energy above hull.

Space GroupCrystal SystemBand Gap (eV)E above hull (eV/atom)E/atom (eV)Density (g/cm³)
Cm (No. 8)monoclinic0.170.0299-5.8294.53
P3m1 (No. 156)trigonal0.000.0884-5.7704.33
Cm (No. 8)
P3m1 (No. 156)
Cm (No. 8)Monoclinic4.53
Cm (No. 8)Monoclinic4.80
Cm (No. 8)Monoclinic4.70
P3m1 (No. 156)Trigonal4.33
P3m1 (No. 156)Trigonal4.72
P3m1 (No. 156)Trigonal4.58
Pmma (No. 51)Orthorhombic4.87
Pmma (No. 51)Orthorhombic5.28
Uses

Applications

Where Nickel oxyhydroxide is used.

Rechargeable batteriesNickel-cadmium batteriesNickel-metal hydride batteriesElectrochromic devices
Reference

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Nickel oxyhydroxide, answered from cross-validated data.

What is NiHO2?

Nickel oxyhydroxide is a dark-colored inorganic compound that serves as a critical active material in various rechargeable battery systems. It functions as a cathode component where it undergoes electrochemical reactions to facilitate energy storage and release.

More questions
What is NiHO2 used for?
Nickel oxyhydroxide (NiHO2) is used in rechargeable batteries, nickel-cadmium batteries, nickel-metal hydride batteries, and electrochromic devices.
What is the band gap of NiHO2?
Nickel oxyhydroxide (NiHO2) has a DFT-computed band gap of 0.17 eV across 13 reported structures.
Is NiHO2 a metal, semiconductor, or insulator?
With a band gap up to 0.17 eV it is a semiconductor.
Is NiHO2 thermodynamically stable?
Nickel oxyhydroxide (NiHO2) has a lowest energy above hull of 0.030 eV/atom (metastable).
What is the crystal structure of NiHO2?
The lowest-energy reported polymorph of Nickel oxyhydroxide (NiHO2) is monoclinic symmetry, space group Cm (No. 8).
What is the density of NiHO2?
The computed density of the ground-state structure of Nickel oxyhydroxide (NiHO2) is 4.53 g/cm³.
How many polymorphs of NiHO2 are known?
13 structures of NiHO2 are reported across 3 databases, spanning 4 distinct space groups.
What elements does NiHO2 contain?
Nickel oxyhydroxide (NiHO2) contains H, Ni, and O (3 elements).
Where does the data for NiHO2 come from?
NiHO2 data is cross-referenced from materials_project, jarvis, mpaloe.
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Related Compounds

Other Oxide Oxygen-Evolution Catalysts in the database.

Data sources & attribution
  • materials_project — Data from the Materials Project. Cite: Jain et al., APL Materials 1, 011002 (2013).
  • jarvis — Data from JARVIS (NIST). Cite: Choudhary et al., npj Comp. Mater. 6, 173 (2020).
  • mpaloe — Data from mpaloe.

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