The development of all-solid-state batteries (ASSBs) with solid electrolytes (SEs) is crucial to overcome the limitations on safety and thermal stability of conventional Lithium-ion Batteries (LIBs). Li-argyrodites are considered as the most promising...
The development of all-solid-state batteries (ASSBs) with solid electrolytes (SEs) is crucial to overcome the limitations on safety and thermal stability of conventional Lithium-ion Batteries (LIBs). Li-argyrodites are considered as the most promising SE due to their high conductivities and good mechanical properties. To further improve conductivities, various methods such as anion and cation substitutions have been tried. In this study, we are investigating the effect of the polyanion substitution on the structures and Li-ion conduction motion in halide based Li-argyrodites, Li6PS5X (X= Cl, Br and I).
We employed ssNMR techniques, including Magic Angle Spinning (MAS), spin-lattice (T1) relaxation time measurements, and Pulsed Field Gradient (PFG) NMR. ssNMR spectra provide comprehensive insights into the local structure and dynamics of borohydride-chloride dual-substituted argyrodite type electrolytes on both atomic level and macroscopic length scales. Our study reveals that the borohydride substitution occupies either 4a or 4d Wyckoff sites of non-bridging sulfur, modifying the local structural environments. Rotation of borohydride couples with Li-ion motion and enhances Li-ion diffusion in a long range, resulting in superior ionic conductivity. In addition to the intrinsic ion mobility of the materials, forming good contact between the particles and good interfaces is also important to build ASSBs. Our findings emphasize the importance of ssNMR in developing high performance solid electrolytes for the future battery systems.
Cathodes and anodes for rechargeable batteris contain unpaired electrons (paramagnetic), which generate localized magnetic fields at molecules. Owing to this paramagnetic interaction, it is often complicated to measure and interpret the NMR spectra of the paramagnetic systesm. Thus, understanding the effect of the interaction between unpaired electrons and nuclei is important. In this work, we performed systematic study of the effect of the field strength on the magic angle spinning (MAS) NMR characteristics by comparing diamagnetic and paramagnetic systems at two different magnetic fields. As diamagnetic materials, LiCoO2(LCO) and Li2O are exaxmined. As paramagnetic materials, LiFePO4(LFP) and lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxides(LiNixMnyCo1-x-yO2) with different compositions are investigated. We have demonstrated that higher signal intensity and narrower linewidths can be obtained at higher magnetic field for diamagnetic system, whereas higher signal intensity and better resolution at lower magnetic field for paramagnetic system. Our research will provide systematic and experimental evidence about the field strength dependence of paramagnetic systems and rationalized grounds of choosingproper NMR spectrometer for each material.