Journal
NANO ENERGY
Volume 62, Issue -, Pages 844-852Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2019.05.085
Keywords
Solid-state electrolyte; Li10SiP2S12; Cooperative migration; Local configurations; Atomic simulations
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Funding
- Soft Science Research Project of Guangdong Province [2017B030301013]
- Shenzhen Science and Technology Research Grant [ZDSYS201707281026184]
- U.S. Department of Energy under the Battery Materials Research (BMR) program
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LISICON-like materials are attracting attention as promising new Li-ion conductors with potential use in all-solid-state Li-ion batteries. Although the concept of cooperative diffusion mechanism has been discussed before, a detail understanding of the diffusion process is still lacking for this material. Here, an atomic-scale investigation of the Li10SiP2S12 (LSPS)-based system using advanced simulation techniques provides valuable insights into its Li-ion conducting mechanisms. We find that Li-ion conduction in LSPS occurs through a concerted motion of interstitial and lattice Li-ions, evidenced both from molecular dynamics trajectory analysis and energy barrier calculations. The cause for the cooperative migration is the existence of a low-barrier step, by which one Li-ion's migration helps another adjacent Li-ion's migration through mutually beneficial S atoms relaxation and electrostatic interaction. Cooperative migration occurs in the channels formed by connected LiS4 tetrahedrons through Li-Li interaction as well as dual-Li-sites. Cl-doping can enhance cooperative migration by a new low-barrier step due to more flexible PS3Cl and large oscillation of Li, which smoothes Li potential energy surface and enhances cooperative migration.
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