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Design principles for sodium superionic conductors

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  • Shuo Wang

    (University of Maryland)

  • Jiamin Fu

    (University of Western Ontario
    University of Western Ontario)

  • Yunsheng Liu

    (University of Maryland)

  • Ramanuja Srinivasan Saravanan

    (University of Maryland)

  • Jing Luo

    (University of Western Ontario)

  • Sixu Deng

    (University of Western Ontario)

  • Tsun-Kong Sham

    (University of Western Ontario)

  • Xueliang Sun

    (University of Western Ontario)

  • Yifei Mo

    (University of Maryland
    University of Maryland)

Abstract

Motivated by the high-performance solid-state lithium batteries enabled by lithium superionic conductors, sodium superionic conductor materials have great potential to empower sodium batteries with high energy, low cost, and sustainability. A critical challenge lies in designing and discovering sodium superionic conductors with high ionic conductivities to enable the development of solid-state sodium batteries. Here, by studying the structures and diffusion mechanisms of Li-ion versus Na-ion conducting solids, we reveal the structural feature of face-sharing high-coordination sites for fast sodium-ion conductors. By applying this feature as a design principle, we discover a number of Na-ion conductors in oxides, sulfides, and halides. Notably, we discover a chloride-based family of Na-ion conductors NaxMyCl6 (M = La–Sm) with UCl3-type structure and experimentally validate with the highest reported ionic conductivity. Our findings not only pave the way for the future development of sodium-ion conductors for sodium batteries, but also consolidate design principles of fast ion-conducting materials for a variety of energy applications.

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  • Shuo Wang & Jiamin Fu & Yunsheng Liu & Ramanuja Srinivasan Saravanan & Jing Luo & Sixu Deng & Tsun-Kong Sham & Xueliang Sun & Yifei Mo, 2023. "Design principles for sodium superionic conductors," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:14:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-023-43436-3
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43436-3
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