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Title: Investigation of Low-Energy Lattice Dynamics and Their Role in Superionic Na Diffusion and Ultralow Thermal Conductivity of Na3PSe4 as a Solid-State Electrolyte

Journal Article · · Chemistry of Materials
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  1. Duke Univ., Durham, NC (United States); Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai (India); Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai (India)
  2. Duke Univ., Durham, NC (United States)
  3. Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
  4. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  5. Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)
  6. Univ. of Louisville, KY (United States)

The atomic dynamics of Na3PSe4 were investigated using a combination of neutron scattering experiments and ab initio and machine-learned molecular dynamics simulations to probe the interplay of fast ionic diffusion with atomic vibrations (phonons) of the host lattice. Our results reveal the existence of low-energy vibrational modes, simultaneously involving motions of Na+ ions and framework polyanion subunits, and show that these modes become strongly overdamped in the superionic regime as they couple with the Na+ hopping process. In particular, the Na+ migration energy landscape is strongly impacted by low-energy phonons derived from a soft acoustic branch of the host lattice, which modulates the diameter of the Na+ diffusion channel at the bottleneck. We find that an additional factor for the enhanced Na+ conductivity in Na3PSe4 is the presence of Na-vacancies, which also affect the low-frequency dynamics and thermal vibration amplitudes, pointing to an interplay between Na+ vacancies and host dynamics, jointly enhancing ionic diffusivity. Finally, we investigate the origin of ultralow thermal conductivities in Na3PSe4 and Na3PS4 using Green–Kubo simulations and find that low-energy acoustic phonon modes of the overall crystal framework provide a dominant contribution to the thermal conductivity.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities (SUF)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725; SC0019978; SC0023286; AC02-06CH11357; AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
2479022
Journal Information:
Chemistry of Materials, Journal Name: Chemistry of Materials Journal Issue: 23 Vol. 36; ISSN 0897-4756
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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