Exploiting the paddle-wheel mechanism for the design of fast ion conductors

Z Zhang, LF Nazar - Nature Reviews Materials, 2022 - nature.com
As an indispensable component in solid-state devices, superionic conductors can exhibit
liquid-like and exceptionally high alkali cation conductivity in their crystalline lattices. A …

[PDF][PDF] Targeting superionic conductivity by turning on anion rotation at room temperature in fast ion conductors

Z Zhang, H Li, K Kaup, L Zhou, PN Roy, LF Nazar - Matter, 2020 - cell.com
Tremendous interest in solid-state devices has prompted the development of descriptors that
can be utilized to develop better materials. Previous work mostly focused on the static …

Coupled cation–anion dynamics enhances cation mobility in room-temperature superionic solid-state electrolytes

Z Zhang, PN Roy, H Li, M Avdeev… - Journal of the American …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Single-ion conducting solid electrolytes are gaining tremendous attention as essential
materials for solid-state batteries, but a comprehensive understanding of the factors that …

Ion hopping: design principles for strategies to improve ionic conductivity for inorganic solid electrolytes

C Wang, BB Xu, X Zhang, W Sun, J Chen, H Pan… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Solid electrolytes are considered as an ideal substitution of liquid electrolytes, avoiding the
potential hazards of volatilization, flammability, and explosion for liquid electrolyte–based …

[HTML][HTML] Origin of fast ion diffusion in super-ionic conductors

X He, Y Zhu, Y Mo - Nature communications, 2017 - nature.com
Super-ionic conductor materials have great potential to enable novel technologies in energy
storage and conversion. However, it is not yet understood why only a few materials can …

Classical and emerging characterization techniques for investigation of ion transport mechanisms in crystalline fast ionic conductors

Y Gao, AM Nolan, P Du, Y Wu, C Yang, Q Chen… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Ion transport in crystalline fast ionic conductors is a complex physical phenomenon. Certain
ionic species (eg, Ag+, Cu+, Li+, F–, O2–, H+) in a solid crystalline framework can move as …

Materials design of ionic conductors for solid state batteries

S Ohno, A Banik, GF Dewald, MA Kraft… - Progress in …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
All-solid-state batteries, employing inorganic ion conductors as electrolytes, can surpass the
current Li-ion technology in terms of energy density, battery safety, specific power, as well as …

Influence of lattice dynamics on lithium-ion conductivity: A first-principles study

AK Sagotra, D Chu, C Cazorla - Physical Review Materials, 2019 - APS
In the context of novel solid electrolytes for solid-state batteries, first-principles calculations
are becoming increasingly more popular due to their ability to reproduce and predict …

[PDF][PDF] Superionic diffusion through frustrated energy landscape

D Di Stefano, A Miglio, K Robeyns, Y Filinchuk… - Chem, 2019 - cell.com
Solid-state materials with high ionic conduction are necessary for many technologies,
including all-solid-state lithium (Li)-ion batteries. Understanding how crystal structure …

Design of solid electrolytes with fast ion transport: computation-driven and practical approaches

MK Tufail, P Zhai, M Jia, N Zhao, X Guo - Energy Material Advances, 2023 - spj.science.org
For next-generation all-solid-state metal batteries, the computation can lead to the discovery
of new solid electrolytes with increased ionic conductivity and excellent safety. Based on …