Zinc nitride (Zn3N2) is an inorganic compound of zinc and nitrogen, often obtained as (blue)gray crystals. It’s a semiconductor. In pure type, it has the anti-bixbyite construction.
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Zinc nitride reacts with lithium (produced in an electrochemical cell) by insertion. The preliminary response is the irreversible conversion into LiZn in a matrix of beta-Li3N. These merchandise then could be transformed reversibly and electrochemically into LiZnN and metallic Zn.[11][12]