Issue 31, 2022

Unravelling the alkali transport properties in nanocrystalline A3OX (A = Li, Na, X = Cl, Br) solid state electrolytes. A theoretical prediction

Abstract

Transport properties of the halogeno-alkali oxides A3OX (A = Li, Na, X = Cl, Br) nanocrystalline samples with the presence of ∑3(111) grain boundaries were computed using large-scale molecular dynamic simulations. Results on the diffusion/conduction process show that these nanocrystalline samples are characterized with higher activation energies as compared to previous theoretical studies, but closer to experiment. Such a performance can be attributed to the larger atomic density at the ∑3(111) grain boundary regions within the nanocrystals. Despite a minor deterioration of transport properties of the mixed cation Li2NaOX and Na2LiOX samples, these halogeno-alkali oxides can also be considered as good inorganic solid electrolytes in both Li- and Na-ion batteries.

Graphical abstract: Unravelling the alkali transport properties in nanocrystalline A3OX (A = Li, Na, X = Cl, Br) solid state electrolytes. A theoretical prediction

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
30 may 2022
Accepted
01 iyl 2022
First published
11 iyl 2022
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

RSC Adv., 2022,12, 20029-20036

Unravelling the alkali transport properties in nanocrystalline A3OX (A = Li, Na, X = Cl, Br) solid state electrolytes. A theoretical prediction

L. Van Duong, M. T. Nguyen and Y. A. Zulueta, RSC Adv., 2022, 12, 20029 DOI: 10.1039/D2RA03370D

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