Issue 24, 2024

Fluorosulfide La2.7Ba6.3F8.7S6 with a double-layer honeycomb structure enabling fluoride-ion conduction

Abstract

Mixed-anion compounds comprise anion-ordered layered structures with fluoride-ion conducting layers, which are not found in conventional metal fluorides. Hence, they represent a new frontier in the search for fluoride-ion conductors. Previous studies investigated only mixed-anion compounds with known crystal structures, but failed to exploit a flexible structural design. In this study, we performed a materials search based on the ternary phase diagram of BaS–LaF3–BaF2 for new fluorosulfide phases and found an unreported fluorosulfide, La2.7Ba6.3F8.7S6, showing a fluoride-ion conductivity of 4.23 × 10−7 S cm−1 at 343 K. La2.7Ba6.3F8.7S6 forms an anion-ordered two-dimensional crystal lattice with double-honeycomb (La–Ba)F2 fluoride-ion-conducting layers, which cannot be realized in single-anion compounds. In the (La–Ba)F2 layers, the fluoride-ion conduction is realized through normal F1 site and interstitial F2 site via a vacancy mechanism. The presence of sulfide ions in the crystal structure contributes to the spreading of (La–Ba)F2 layers along the ab plane, resulting in a longer La–F distance. Material development using a systematic phase diagram search on fluorosulfides allows to increase the variation of the crystal structure for fluoride-ion conductors and to discover the novel fluoride-ion conducting layers that are inaccessible to single anion compounds.

Graphical abstract: Fluorosulfide La2.7Ba6.3F8.7S6 with a double-layer honeycomb structure enabling fluoride-ion conduction

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
12 Dec 2023
Accepted
07 Apr 2024
First published
08 Apr 2024
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024,12, 14419-14425

Fluorosulfide La2.7Ba6.3F8.7S6 with a double-layer honeycomb structure enabling fluoride-ion conduction

S. Tachibana, C. Zhong, T. Tojigamori, H. Miki, T. Matsunaga and Y. Orikasa, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2024, 12, 14419 DOI: 10.1039/D3TA07680F

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