1. The use of6Li{7Li}-REDOR NMR spectroscopy to compare the ionic conductivities of solid-state lithium ion electrolytes
- Author
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Gillian R. Goward, T. L. Spencer, N. W. Plagos, and Darren H. Brouwer
- Subjects
chemistry ,Phase (matter) ,Analytical chemistry ,General Physics and Astronomy ,Ionic bonding ,Ionic conductivity ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Lithium ,Electrolyte ,Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,Ion transporter ,Ion - Abstract
Garnet-like solid-state electrolyte materials for lithium ion batteries are promising replacements for the currently-used liquid electrolytes. This work compares the temperature dependent Li(+) ion hopping rate in Li6BaLa2M2O12 (M = Ta, Nb) using solid-state (6)Li{(7)Li}-REDOR NMR. The slope of the (6)Li{(7)Li}-REDOR curve is highly temperature dependent in these two phases, and a comparison of the changes of the REDOR slopes as a function of temperature has been used to evaluate the Li(+) ion dynamics. Our results indicate that the Nb phase has a higher overall ionic conductivity in the range of 247 K to 350 K, as well as a higher activation energy for lithium ion hopping than the Ta counterpart. For appropriate relative timescales of the dipolar couplings and ion transport processes, this is shown to be a facile method to compare ion dynamics among similar structures.
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- 2014