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Title: New Family of Argyrodite Thioantimonate Lithium Superionic Conductors

Abstract

We report on a new family of argyrodite lithium superionic conductors, as solid solutions Li6+xMxSb1–xS5I (M = Si, Ge, Sn), that exhibit superionic conductivity. These represent the first antimony argyrodites to date. Exploration of the series using a combination of single crystal X-ray and synchrotron/neutron powder diffraction, combined with impedance spectroscopy, reveals that an optimal degree of substitution (x), and substituent induces slight S2–/I anion site disorder—but more importantly drives Li+ cation site disorder. The additional, delocalized Li-ion density is located in new high energy lattice sites that provide intermediate interstitial positions (local minima) for Li+ diffusion and activate concerted ion migration, leading to a low activation energy of 0.25 eV. Excellent room temperature ionic conductivity of 14.8 mS·cm–1 is exhibited for cold-pressed pellets—up to 24 mS·cm–1 for sintered pellets—among the highest values reported to date. This enables all-solid-state battery prototypes that exhibit promising properties. Furthermore, even at -78 °C, suitable bulk ionic conductivity of the electrolyte is retained (0.25 mS·cm–1). Selected thioantimonate iodides demonstrate good compatibility with Li metal, sustaining over 1000 h of Li stripping/plating at current densities up to 0.6 mA·cm–2. The significantly enhanced Li ion conduction and lowered activation energy barrier with increasing site disorder revealsmore » an important strategy toward the development of superionic conductors.« less

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [1];  [2];  [3]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Univ. of Waterloo, ON (Canada)
  2. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Neutron Scattering Division
  3. BASF SE, Ludwigshafen (Germany)
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Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1606830
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 141; Journal Issue: 48; Journal ID: ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; Diseases and disorders; Granular materials; Crystal structure; Physical and chemical processes; Ionic conductivity

Citation Formats

Zhou, Laidong, Assoud, Abdeljalil, Zhang, Qiang, Wu, Xiaohan, and Nazar, Linda F. New Family of Argyrodite Thioantimonate Lithium Superionic Conductors. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1021/jacs.9b08357.
Zhou, Laidong, Assoud, Abdeljalil, Zhang, Qiang, Wu, Xiaohan, & Nazar, Linda F. New Family of Argyrodite Thioantimonate Lithium Superionic Conductors. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b08357
Zhou, Laidong, Assoud, Abdeljalil, Zhang, Qiang, Wu, Xiaohan, and Nazar, Linda F. Wed . "New Family of Argyrodite Thioantimonate Lithium Superionic Conductors". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b08357. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1606830.
@article{osti_1606830,
title = {New Family of Argyrodite Thioantimonate Lithium Superionic Conductors},
author = {Zhou, Laidong and Assoud, Abdeljalil and Zhang, Qiang and Wu, Xiaohan and Nazar, Linda F.},
abstractNote = {We report on a new family of argyrodite lithium superionic conductors, as solid solutions Li6+xMxSb1–xS5I (M = Si, Ge, Sn), that exhibit superionic conductivity. These represent the first antimony argyrodites to date. Exploration of the series using a combination of single crystal X-ray and synchrotron/neutron powder diffraction, combined with impedance spectroscopy, reveals that an optimal degree of substitution (x), and substituent induces slight S2–/I– anion site disorder—but more importantly drives Li+ cation site disorder. The additional, delocalized Li-ion density is located in new high energy lattice sites that provide intermediate interstitial positions (local minima) for Li+ diffusion and activate concerted ion migration, leading to a low activation energy of 0.25 eV. Excellent room temperature ionic conductivity of 14.8 mS·cm–1 is exhibited for cold-pressed pellets—up to 24 mS·cm–1 for sintered pellets—among the highest values reported to date. This enables all-solid-state battery prototypes that exhibit promising properties. Furthermore, even at -78 °C, suitable bulk ionic conductivity of the electrolyte is retained (0.25 mS·cm–1). Selected thioantimonate iodides demonstrate good compatibility with Li metal, sustaining over 1000 h of Li stripping/plating at current densities up to 0.6 mA·cm–2. The significantly enhanced Li ion conduction and lowered activation energy barrier with increasing site disorder reveals an important strategy toward the development of superionic conductors.},
doi = {10.1021/jacs.9b08357},
journal = {Journal of the American Chemical Society},
number = 48,
volume = 141,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Oct 23 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Wed Oct 23 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}

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Table 1 Table 1: Comparison of ionic conductivities between cold pressed powders and sintered pellets for some recently reported superionic conductors.

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