Issue 10, 2015

Ion diffusion mechanism in Pn NaxLi2−xMnSiO4

Abstract

Based on first-principles calculations, we investigated ion diffusion in NaxLi2−xMnSiO4 (x = 2, 1, 0) compounds with a Pn space group. The ion diffusion in the Na2MnSiO4 and Li2MnSiO4 structures was studied and compared with each other. In Na2MnSiO4, the Na+ ions migrate through 3D diffusion channels, similar to the Li+ migration in Li2MnSiO4, but with relatively lower activation barriers. The enhanced Na+ conductivity could be attributed to the wider ionic diffusion channels in Na2MnSiO4 than in Li2MnSiO4. In the NaLiMnSiO4 structure, the Na+ and Li+ ions are both demonstrated to be mobile. Thus, the ionic conduction in NaLiMnSiO4 is thought to be governed by a mixed Li+/Na+ diffusion mechanism. We found that the mixed Li+/Na+ diffusion in NaLiMnSiO4 can also be fast, even faster than the Li+ diffusion in Li2MnSiO4.

Graphical abstract: Ion diffusion mechanism in Pn NaxLi2−xMnSiO4

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
13 Dec 2014
Accepted
27 Jan 2015
First published
29 Jan 2015

CrystEngComm, 2015,17, 2123-2128

Ion diffusion mechanism in Pn NaxLi2−xMnSiO4

P. Zhang, Y. Xu, F. Zheng, S. Q. Wu, Y. Yang and Z. Zhu, CrystEngComm, 2015, 17, 2123 DOI: 10.1039/C4CE02462A

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