A solid electrolyte material contains Li, M, and X. M is at least one selected from metallic elements, and X is at least one selected from the group consisting of Cl, Br, and I. A plurality of atoms of X form a sublattice having a closest packed structure. An average distance between two adjacent atoms of X among the plurality of atoms of X is 1.8% or more larger than a distance between two adjacent atoms of X in a rock-salt structure composed only of Li and X.

Provided is a solid electrolyte material represented by a composition formula Li.sub.3-3Y.sub.1+-aM.sub.aCl.sub.6-x-yBr.sub.xI.sub.y, where M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, Sc, Ga, and Bi; 1<<1; 0<a<2; 0<(1+-a); 0x6; 0y6; and (x+y)6.

A solid electrolyte material contains Li, Y, at least one selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Zn, Sc, La, Sm, Bi, Zr, Hf, Nb, and Ta, and at least one selected from the group consisting of Cl, Br, and I. An X-ray diffraction pattern of the solid electrolyte material obtained by using Cu-K radiation as the X-ray source includes peaks within the range in which the diffraction angle 2 is 25 or more and 35 or less, and also includes at least one peak within the range in which the diffraction angle 2 is 43 or more and 51 or less.

This dielectric film is a dielectric film comprising an oxide having a perovskite structure. The oxide comprises (1) Bi, Na and Ti, (2) at least one of Ba and Ca, and (3) at least one element Ln selected from the group consisting of La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Yb and Y. When ratios of the numbers of atoms of Bi, Ba and Ca to the total of the numbers of atoms of Bi, Na, Ba and Ca in the oxide are represented by X.sub.Bi, X.sub.Ba and X.sub.Ca, respectively, the ratios satisfy 0.2X.sub.Bi/(X.sub.Ba+X.sub.Ca)5.

The invention provides a process for the preparation of bismuth oxyhalide, comprising a precipitation of bismuth oxyhalide in an acidic aqueous medium in the presence of a reducing agent. Also provided are bismuth oxyhalide compounds doped with elemental bismuth Bi.sup.(0). The use of Bi.sup.(0)doped-bismuth oxyhalide as photocatalysts in water purification is also described.

The present disclosure relates to a method that includes treating a liquid that includes a first precursor at a concentration C.sub.1, a second precursor at a concentration C.sub.2, a third precursor at a concentration C.sub.3, and an additive at a concentration C.sub.4, where the treating results in a perovskite, each of C.sub.1, C.sub.2, and C.sub.3 are between 0.001 M and 100 M, inclusively, and at least one of C.sub.4/C.sub.1 or C.sub.4/C.sub.2 equals a ratio greater than or equal to zero

The invention provides a process for the preparation of bismuth oxyhalide, comprising a precipitation of bismuth oxyhalide in an acidic aqueous medium in the presence of a reducing agent. Also provided are bismuth oxyhalide compounds doped with elemental bismuth Bi.sup.(0). The use of Bi.sup.(0) doped bismuth oxyhalide as photocatalysts in water purification is also described.

An object of the present disclosure is to provide a solid electrolyte material with excellent fluoride ion conductivity. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing a solid electrolyte material to be used for a fluoride ion battery, the solid electrolyte material comprising: a composition of Bi.sub.xM.sub.1xF.sub.2+x, in which 0.4x0.9, and M is at least one kind of Sn, Ca, Sr, Ba, and Pb; and a crystal phase that has a Tysonite structure.

A mixed conductor represented by Formula 1:

A.sub.4+xM.sub.5-yM.sub.yO.sub.12-,Formula 1

wherein, in Formula 1, A is a monovalent cation, M is at least one of a divalent cation, a trivalent cation, or a tetravalent cation, M is at least one of a monovalent cation, a divalent cation, a trivalent cation, a tetravalent cation, a pentavalent cation, or a hexavalent cation, M and M are different from each other, and 0.3x<3, 0.01<y<2, and 01 are satisfied.

A perovskite material represented by Formula 1:

Li.sub.xA.sub.yM.sub.zO.sub.3-Formula 1 wherein in Formula 1, 0<x1, 0<y1, 0<x+y<1, 0<z1.5, 01, A is H, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Ca, Sr, Ba, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, or a combination thereof, and M is Ni, Pd, Pb, Fe, Ir, Co, Rh, Mn, Cr, Ru, Re, Sn, V, Ge, W, Zr, Mo, Hf, U, Nb, Th, Ta, Bi, Li, H, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Ca, Sr, Ba, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Mg, Al, Si, Sc, Zn, Ga, Ag, Cd, In, Sb, Pt, Au, or a combination thereof.