Edinburgh | May-16 | Ions that can Hop, Skip and Jump: Lithium Conduction in Disordered, Crystalline Solids
1. Ions that can Hop, Skip and
Jump: Lithium Conduction in
Disordered, Crystalline Solids
Eddie Cussen
Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry,
The University of Strathclyde
2. Structure/Properties of Complex Oxides
T / K
Amplitudeofrelaxing
componentofasymmetry
Muon spin
relaxation
Magnetic
Frustration
20
10
20 40 60
T / K
Jahn Teller &
Metal-Insulator
Instabilities
Ferromagnetism
& magnetoresistance
3. Lithium ion conduction in Oxides
• LixLa2/3-xTiO3-δ best crystalline oxide phase, σRT ≈ 10-3 S cm -1
• Perovskite is close packed structure; central interstice is filled
• σ ≈ 10-6 S cm-1 for Pr and Nd analogues
West et al, J. Mater. Chem., 1995, 5(11), 1807
4. LixLa2/3-xTiO3-δ
Yashima et al, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127, 3491
Li0.62La0.16TiO3 Structural Model (2005)
Lithium metal causes reductive intercalation of Li+
5. Li+ Electrolytes
• Fast Li+ conduction / no electronic conduction
• (Electro)Chemical Stability
• Ease of Preparation and Processing
Li salt in liquid/amorphous polymer
6. High Performance Solid State Batteries
• New solid electrolyte materials
• Improved stability will allow new electrodes for higher voltages
• Build these new materials into all solid state batteries
• In situ characterisation during battery operation
• Stabilise and characterise interface behaviour
Lithium Conduction in New Crystalline Materials
7. Organic polymer electrolytes used
in Li-ion batteries – safety issues
Li-containing garnets combine high
ionic conductivity (10-4 S cm-1) with
desired electrochemical stability
In conventional garnet, eight
cations in two octahedral, three
cubic and three tetrahedral sites,
latter filled with Li
Li-stuffed garnets as solid electrolytes
Amores, Cussen, Corr et al.; J. Mater. Chem. A, 2016
8. Have reduced synthesis times and temps for Al-doped LLZO garnets from
36 h at 1230 °C to 1 h at 1000 °C
Microwave synthesis of Li-stuffed garnets
Rietveld analysis in conjunction with ICP and EDX reveals stoichiometry of
Li6.5Al0.25La2.92Zr2O12 is obtained
Amores, Cussen, Corr et al.; J. Mater. Chem. A, 2016
10. Have reduced synthesis times and temps for Al-doped LLZO garnets from
36 h at 1230 °C to 1 h at 1000 °C
Microwave synthesis of Li-stuffed garnets
Rietveld analysis in conjunction with ICP and EDX reveals stoichiometry of
Li6.5Al0.25La2.92Zr2O12 is obtained
Amores, Cussen, Corr et al.; J. Mater. Chem. A, 2016
11. Spin-polarized positive muons stop at interstitial sites with large
electronegativity, expected to be near the oxygens in the garnet lattice
Li-diffusion in Li-stuffed garnets
Thermally activated region
Amores, Cussen, Corr et al.; J. Mater. Chem. A, 2016
12. Observe differences in Eact obtained from SR compared to EIS (0.55 eV)
Li-diffusion in Li-stuffed garnets
In EIS, resistance to Li-diffusion through grain-boundaries contributes to
total resistance, increasing Eact for Li-conduction
SR acts as local probe sensing mostly intra-grain diffusion, without
extrinsic interference
Z = R σ
• Semicircles due to resistance to Li diffusion
• Tail due to Pt blocking electrodes
Amores, Cussen, Corr et al.; J. Mater. Chem. A, 2016
13. Filled Td Empty Td
Disordered
Structures
Cussen, J. Mater. Chem, 2010
Lithium Mobility in Garnets
14. Lithium Mobility in Garnets
400 oC
Li3Nd3Te2O12
Li4Nd3TeSbO12Li4.5Nd3Te0.5Sb1.5O12
16. • Li+ is the only mobile ion
• Multiple sites with 4 – 6 coordination
• Multiple hop distances 0.4 to 2.2 Å
• Inter-Cation repulsion from short Li...Li distances 2.4 Å
• A detailed, disordered & dynamic energy landscape
Ion Movement is a Complex,
Cooperative and Evolving Process
Lithium Mobility in Garnets
17. • Li salt dissolved in e.g. polyethylene oxide
• Structural studies of crystalline vs amorphous materials
• Li+ motion faster in amorphous phase
• Rotational motion of PEO portion facilitates Li+ migration
Ion Conduction in polymer electrolytes
18. Ion Conductivity in PEO : NH4SCN
1000 / T
ln(σT)
crystalline
amorphous
Solid State Electrochemistry, Bruce, West, Shriver et al, 1995
19. Lithium Sulfate
T < 575 oC
T > 575 oC
Tofield et al.,
J. Phys. C: Solid St. Phys., 13 (1980) 6441
20. T < 575 oC
T > 575 oC
Tofield et al.,
J. Phys. C: Solid St. Phys., 13 (1980) 6441
Lithium Sulfate
23. • Inorganic, non framework, crystalline conductors
• High degree of motion in majority of atoms
• LiBH4 shows fast ion conduction > 109oC
Target: RT conduction by chemical doping
Alkali Metal Borohydrides
26. • Phase transition at 109oC gives a hexagonal structure
• Li+ conduction increases from 10-5 up to 10-2 S cm-1
• Structure of the high temperature phase doubtful
• Halide substitution can reduce the Tc
Li+ conduction in LiBH4
M. Matsuo and S. Orimo. Adv. Energy Mater. 2011, 1, 161
37. Li(BH4)1-xBrx Lithium Conductivity
• Stabilise fast conducting phase to room temperature
• Li+ mobility and BH4
- rotational disorder
• Strong coupling between anion orientation and Li+ conduction
Use ion mobility to access new, metastable Li+ conductors
38. Irene Cascallana
Marco Amores
Dr Hany El-Shinawi
Dr Mike O’Callaghan
Dr Thomas Yip
Acknowledgements
Prof. Duncan Gregory
Dr Serena Corr
Dr Jeremy Titman
Prof. George Chen
Dr David Keen ISIS
Dr Ron Smith ISIS
Dr Winfried Kockelmann ISIS
Dr Peter Baker ISIS muons
I15 beamline Diamond
EPSRC
39.
40. Preparation of Bromide doped LiBH4
• Ball milling :
(1-x) LiBH4 + x LiBr Li(BH4)1-xBrx
Followed by heating at 300OC for 5 hrs in N2
41. Preparation of Br-doped LiBH4
LiBH4
LiBr
Li(BH4)1/2Br1/2
Li(BH4)2/3Br1/3
2θ / o Cu Kα
Intensity/arbitrraryunits
Ions that can Hop, Skip and Jump: Lithium Conduction in Disordered, Crystalline Solids
The conventional model of a solid crystal portrays atoms as immobilised on well defined positions in space. This regular structure is evident in the highly defined order and symmetries of the diffraction patterns obtained from crystalline materials.
However, there are a number of crystalline solids where a subset of the atoms show a high degree of mobility. In some of these phases, ions are able to move at speeds approaching those in molten salts or solutions. This ion mobility may be associated with very substantial disorder in the lattice and dramatic changes in the diffraction properties of the crystal.
We will present work on fast lithium conducting solids where the mobility of Li+ makes these potential solid state electrolytes for improved lithium batteries. In addition to synthesising new materials, we use a combination of neutron diffraction, impedance analysis and solid state NMR to build a full picture of the origins and properties of lithium transport through these structures.
Biography
Eddie Cussen studied for a first degree in Materials Chemistry at the University of Nottingham before obtaining his doctorate in the Electronic Properties of Mixed Metal Oxides from Oxford University. He then worked on the sorption properties of porous coordination polymers with Prof. Matt Rosseinsky at Liverpool University before being awarded a Royal Society University Research Fellowship. He initially held this at Nottingham before being appointed as Lecturer and then Senior Lecturer at Strathclyde University.
His research is focussed on preparing new crystalline inorganic solids, usually oxides, in order to better understand important physical properties such as ion conduction, magnetic ordering behaviour, metal insulator transitions and magnetotransport effects. Particular focus is on the fast lithium conduction seen in the garnets and the emergence of new states of matter on frustrated magnetic lattices.
Best conduction in oxides is LiLaTiO3
Problem of electronic conduction (all candidates have stability, electronic cond, etc.)
Work in Aberdeen!
Still lively debate in literature
Would like to use inert, fully oxidised mechanically strong material
i.e. not act as fuel, protect electrodes from shock
OXIDES!
Electrolytes – not just oxides, not ceramics, not just polymers. Need to use lots of technique, expertise.
We have moved a long way from the simple “isolated hopping event” for ion transport....
We might expect crystalline behaviour to give the best defined path for mobility.
Actually DISORDER can be a useful tool to increase conductivity.
Classic work on polyethylene oxide doped with salt.
An extreme example of mobility through disorder..... Almost have a liquid state (entropy, enthalpy for phase change) – diffraction pattern is liquid-like.
Simulated pattern shows Bragg scattering (and genuinely amorphous background...)
Actual high tempreature data show lots of short range order is present giving non-Bragg scattering...
Make by ball milling and need to keep low temperature.
Air sensitive so not battery materials – but prototype and usefukl lessons.
X-rays determine Br position
BD4 not centred at same site
BD4 is present in two orientations
Refine anion ratio to value of
Li splits over two positions
fllow using x-ray diffraction
Needs heating to complete the reaction (or longer miling)
Note the Raman signatture. The tetrahedral unit goes from point group with 3 disticnt H positions to hexagonal with 3 identical and one different.
Phonon density of states in the high temperature structure is exceptionally high at low energy in LiBH4. i.e. this is the cause of dissapearance of distincy peaks. It is not purely a thermal or a disorder effect. Maybe a problem of increasing disorder through higher symmetry.......
No staging (same c-parameter)
refine both H and Li positions from related compounds: proton in disordered hydroxyl group, Li neither sq.plan nor Td
The position of the hydrogen atom was fixed at coordinates derived from
full refinement against neutron diffraction data collected
from HLaTiO4.10 The H/Li content was refined freely
within the constraints of charge balance
The proton is disordered over eight positions around each of the apical oxide anions at a short distance,
1.03 A ˚ , that is typical for protonated oxide.
The lithium cations are coordinated to four oxide anions at 2.0131(13) A ˚ with a O–Li–O angle, 97.61, that is intermediate between
tetrahedral and square planar geometries.