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MATERIALS & DESIGN
Volume 93, Issue -, Pages 232-237Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2015.12.149
Keywords
Solid electrolyte; Garnet; Conductivity; Alkaline earth doping; Neutron diffraction
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- SERC [R265-000-435-305, 122 990 4047]
- EPSRC [EP/I020691/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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The search for solid electrolytes with high stability and ionic conductivity is a long sought-after goal in the development of safe and high energy density Li-ion batteries. Garnet-type lithium conductors form a most promising family of materials due to their good chemical stability. However, the low conductivity at room temperature prevents wider application of these materials. It has long been recognized that alkaline earth metals are confined exclusively to dodecahedral 8-coordinated sites within the garnet framework. In contrast to this dominant viewpoint, we show that Ca2+ cations can occupy the octahedral 6-coordinated sites, leading to an enhanced room temperature conductivity of 5.2 x 10(-4) S cm(-1) and reduced activation energy of 0.27 eV, together with a 0 to 9 V electrochemical stability window. This finding opens up a new opportunity for the design of ceramic electrolytes with higher conductivities, providing added impetus for further exploration of oxide electrolyte chemistry. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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