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Ternary lithium metal halides have attracted much attention as potential solid electrolytes. In this work, we study the structural, electronic and ionic diffusion properties of a series of LixYCl3+x (x = 2.14, 3.00, 4.20) and LixYBr3+x (x = 1.8, 3.0, 5.0) by using first-principles calculation based on density functional theory. The calculation results show that the Li-ion concentration has a significant effect on the properties of the materials, and with the increase of x value, Li-ion number becomes higher, structure turns more stable, band gap gets larger, and migration barrier lowers, thus the performance of the material can be tuned. In addition, the calculation results further show that Li3YCl6 and Li3YBr6 with the best balance between Li-ion carrier concentration and vacancy concentration exhibit the highest structural stability, the largest band gaps, and the lowest migration barriers in all similar structures. Our study provides a new strategy and idea for designing better-performance halide solid electrolytes.
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Keywords:
- all-solid-state lithium-ion batteries /
- ternary halides /
- concentration regulation /
- first-principles calculations
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图 1 原子结构示意图 (a) Li12Y5Cl18; (b) Li7.5Y3.5Cl18; (c) Li9Y3Cl18; (d) Li10.5Y2.5Cl18 (黄色、蓝色和红色圆球分别代表Li, Y和Cl原子, 有部分白色的小球代表对应原子在该位置的部分占据)
Figure 1. Schematic diagram of atomic structures: (a) Li12Y5Cl18; (b) Li7.5Y3.5Cl18; (c) Li9Y3Cl18; (d) Li10.5Y2.5Cl18 (The yellow, blue and red spheres represent Li, Y and Cl atoms, the spheres with a partially white indicate the partial occupancy of the corresponding atoms).
图 2 原子结构示意图 (a) Li8Y4Br12; (b) Li4.5Y2.5Br12; (c) Li6Y2Br12; (d) Li7.5Y1.5Br12 (黄色、蓝色和咖啡色圆球分别代表Li, Y和Br原子, 有部分白色的小球代表对应原子在该位置的部分占据)
Figure 2. Schematic diagram of atomic structures: (a) Li8Y4Br12; (b) Li4.5Y2.5Br12; (c) Li6Y2Br12; (d) Li7.5Y1.5Br12 (The yellow, blue and brown spheres represent Li, Y and Br atoms, the spheres with a partially white indicate the partial occupancy of the corresponding atoms).
图 3 超胞中所有可能构型n的总能. 1×1×2超胞 (a) Li7.5Y3.5Cl18; (b) Li9Y3Cl18; (c) Li10.5Y2.5Cl18. 2×1×1超胞 (d) Li4.5Y2.5Br12; (e) Li6Y2Br12; (f) Li7.5Y1.5Br12
Figure 3. The total energies of all possible configurations n. 1×1×2 supercell: (a) Li7.5Y3.5Cl18; (b) Li9Y3Cl18; (c) Li10.5Y2.5Cl18. 2×1×1 supercell: (d) Li4.5Y2.5Br12; (e) Li6Y2Br12; (f) Li7.5Y1.5Br12.
图 4 DFT计算的不同构型的基态结构 (灰色小球代表Li空位, 黑色箭头代表虚线框中的Li离子向Li空位迁移的迁移路径) (a) Li15Y7Cl36; (b) Li18Y6Cl36; (c) Li21Y5Cl36
Figure 4. Ground-state structures of different configurations calculated by DFT (The grey spheres represent Li vacancies, black arrows represent the migration paths of Li ions in the dashed box to Li vacancies): (a) Li15Y7Cl36; (b) Li18Y6Cl36; (c) Li21Y5Cl36.
图 5 DFT计算的不同构型的基态结构 (红色箭头代表虚线框中的Li离子向Li空位迁移的迁移路径) (a) Li9Y5Br24; (b) Li12Y4Br24; (c) Li15Y3Br24
Figure 5. Ground-state structures of different configurations calculated by DFT (Red arrows represent the migration paths of Li ions in the dashed box to Li vacancies): (a) Li9Y5Br24; (b) Li12Y4Br24; (c) Li15Y3Br24.
图 6 所有组分的DOS图及带隙 (a) Li15Y7Cl36 (4.35 eV); (b) Li18Y6Cl36 (5.43 eV); (c) Li21Y5Cl36 (5.33 eV); (d) Li9Y5Br24 (3.58 eV); (e) Li12Y4Br24 (4.69 eV); (f) Li15Y3Br24 (4.00 eV)
Figure 6. DOS plots and band gap results for all components: (a) Li15Y7Cl36 (4.35 eV); (b) Li18Y6Cl36 (5.43 eV); (c) Li21Y5Cl36 (5.33 eV); (d) Li9Y5Br24 (3.58 eV); (e) Li12Y4Br24 (4.69 eV); (f) Li15Y3Br24 (4.00 eV).
图 7 (a) Li18Y6Cl36, (b) Li15Y7Cl36, (c) Li21Y5Cl36的晶体结构与BVSE计算的Li离子等位面势图的叠加图(黄色区域是Li离子的分布密度, 代表Li离子的传导通道)
Figure 7. Crystal structures of (a) Li18Y6Cl36, (b) Li15Y7Cl36, (c) Li21Y5Cl36 superimposed with the Li-ion potential map calculated using BVSE (The yellow isosurfaces correspond to Li-ions probability density, indicating Li-ion conduction path).
图 8 (a) Li12Y4Br24, (b) Li9Y5Br24, (c) Li15Y3Br24的晶体结构与BVSE计算的Li离子等位面势图的叠加图(黄色区域是Li离子的分布密度, 代表Li离子的传导通道)
Figure 8. Crystal structures of (a) Li12Y4Br24, (b) Li9Y5Br24, (c) Li15Y3Br24 superimposed with the Li-ion potential map calculated using BVSE (The yellow isosurfaces correspond to Li-ions probability density, indicating Li-ion conduction path).
表 1 LixYCl3+x和LixYBr3+x卤化物的形成能
Table 1. Formation energies of LixYCl3+x and LixYBr3+x halides.
化学式 空间群 晶格常数/Å 反应方程式 Ef/(meV·atom–1) Li15Y7Cl36 $p\bar{3}m1$ a = 11.22
c = 12.3415LiCl+7YCl3→Li15Y7Cl36 32 Li18Y6Cl36 18LiCl+6YCl3→Li18Y6Cl36 13 Li21Y5Cl36 21LiCl+5YCl3→Li21Y5Cl36 19 Li9Y5Br24 C2/m a = 13.93
b = 12.02
c = 6.959LiBr+5YBr3→Li9Y5Br24 17 Li12Y4Br24 12LiBr+4YBr3→Li12Y4Br24 2 Li15Y3Br24 15LiBr+3YBr3→Li15Y3Br24 30 -
[1] Famprikis T, Canepa P, Dawson J A, Islam M S, Masquelier C 2019 Nat. Mater. 18 1278Google Scholar
[2] Manthiram A, Yu X, Wang S 2017 Nat. Rev. Mater. 2 16103Google Scholar
[3] Kamaya N, Homma K, Yamakawa Y, Hirayama M, Kanno R, Yonemura M, Kamiyama T, Kato Y, Hama S, Kawamoto K, Mitsui A 2011 Nat. Mater. 10 682Google Scholar
[4] Kraft M A, Ohno S, Zinkevich T, Koerver R, Culver S P, Fuchs T, Senyshyn A, Indris S, Morgan B J, Zeier W. G 2018 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 140 16330Google Scholar
[5] Zhou L, Assoud A, Zhang Q, Wu X, Nazar L F 2019 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 141 19002Google Scholar
[6] Zhu Y Z, He X F, Mo Y F, 2015 ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 7 23685Google Scholar
[7] Nolan A M, Zhu Y Z, He X F, Bai Q, Mo Y F 2018 Joule 2 2016Google Scholar
[8] Li X, Liang J W, Yang X F, Adair K R, Wang C H, Zhao F P, Sun X L 2020 Energy Environ. Sci. 13 1429Google Scholar
[9] Shannon R D, 1976 Acta Crystallogr. Sect. A:Found. Adv. 32 751Google Scholar
[10] Pauling L 1960 The Nature of the Chemical Bond and the Structure of Molecules and Crystals: An Introduction to Modern Structural Chemistry (New York: Cornell University Press) pp505–562
[11] Lutz H D, Schmidt W, Haeuseler H 1981 J. Phys. Chem. Solids 42 287Google Scholar
[12] Lutz H D, Kuske P, Wussow K 1988 Solid State Ionics 28 1282Google Scholar
[13] Steiner H J, Lutz H D 1992 Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 613 26Google Scholar
[14] Asano T, Sakai A, Ouchi S, Sakaida M, Miyazaki A, Hasegawa S 2018 Adv. Mater. 30 1803075Google Scholar
[15] Li X N, Liang J W, Luo J, et al. 2019 Energy Environ. Sci. 12 2665Google Scholar
[16] Li X N, Liang J W, Chen N, et al. 2019 Angew. Chem. 131 16579Google Scholar
[17] Wang S, Bai Q, Nolan A M, Liu Y S, Gong S, Sun Q, Mo Y F 2019 Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 58 8039Google Scholar
[18] Wang Y, Richards W D, Ong S P, Miara L J, Kim J C, Mo Y F, Ceder G 2015 Nat. Mater. 14 1026Google Scholar
[19] Schlem R, Bernges T, Li C, Kraft M A, Minafra N, Zeier W G 2020 ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 3 3684Google Scholar
[20] Wang K, Ren Q Y, Gu Z Q, Duan C M, Wang J Z, Zhu F, Fu Y Y, Hao J P, Zhu J F, He L H, Wang C W, Lu Y Y, Ma J, Ma C 2021 Nat. Commun. 12 4410Google Scholar
[21] Liang J W, Li X N, Wang S, et al. 2020 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 142 7012Google Scholar
[22] Schlem R, Muy S, Prinz N, Banik A, Shao-Horn Y, Zobel M, Zeier W G 2020 Adv. Energy Mater. 10 1903719Google Scholar
[23] Liu Z T, Ma S, Liu J, Xiong S, Ma Y F, Chen H L 2021 ACS Energy Lett. 6 298Google Scholar
[24] Li X N, Liang J W, Adair K R, et al. 2020 Nano Lett. 20 4384Google Scholar
[25] He B, Chi S T, Ye A J, Mi P H, Zhang L W, Pu B W, Zou Z Y, Ran Y B, Zhao Q, Wang D, Zhang W Q, Zhao J T, Adams S, Avdeev M, Shi S Q 2020 Sci. Data 7 151Google Scholar
[26] 钟淑琳, 仇家豪, 罗文葳, 吴木生 2021 70 158203Google Scholar
Zhong S L, Qiu J H, Luo W W, Wu M S 2021 Acta Phys. Sin. 70 158203Google Scholar
[27] Shi S Q, Gao J, Liu Y, Zhao Y, Wu Q, Ju W W, Ouyang C Y, Xiao R J 2016 Chin. Phys. B 25 018212Google Scholar
[28] Kresse G, Furthmüeller J 1996 Phys. Rev. B 54 11169Google Scholar
[29] Blöchl P E 1994 Phys. Rev. B 50 17953Google Scholar
[30] Perdew J P, Ernzerhof M, Burke K 1996 J. Chem. Phys. 105 9982Google Scholar
[31] Dudarev S L, Botton G A, Savrasov S Y, Humphreys C J, Sutton A P 1998 Phys. Rev. B 57 1505Google Scholar
[32] Stevanović V, Lany S, Zhang X W, Zunger A 2012 Phys. Rev. B 85 115104Google Scholar
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[34] Henkelman G, Uberuaga B P, Jónsson H 2000 J. Chem. Phys. 113 9901Google Scholar
[35] 郑路敏, 钟淑英, 徐波, 欧阳楚英 2019 68 138201Google Scholar
Zheng L M, Zhong S Y, Xu B, Ouyang C Y 2019 Acta Phys. Sin. 68 138201Google Scholar
[36] Ouyang C Y, Shi S Q, Wang Z X, Huang X J, Chen L Q 2004 Phys. Rev. B 69 104303Google Scholar
[37] Wu M S, Xu B, Lei X L, Huang K L, Ouyang C Y 2018 J. Mater. Chem. A 6 1150Google Scholar
[38] Wang Y C, Lü J, Zhu L, Ma Y M 2010 Phys. Rev. B 82 094116Google Scholar
[39] Wang Y C, Lü J, Zhu L, Ma Y M 2012 Comput. Phys. Commun. 183 2063Google Scholar
[40] Hongzhiwei Technology 2021 Device Studio (Version 2021A) China
[41] Sun W H, Dacek S T, Ong S P, Hautier G, Jain A, Richards W D, Gamst A C, Persson K A, Ceder G 2016 Sci. Adv. 2 e1600225Google Scholar
[42] Bartel C J, Millican S L, Deml A M, Rumptz J R, Tumas W, Weimer A W, Lany S, Stevanović V, Musgrave C B, Holder A M 2018 Nat. Commun. 9 4168Google Scholar
[43] Aykol M, Dwaraknath S S, Sun W H, Persson K A 2018 Sci. Adv. 4 eaaq0148Google Scholar
[44] Zhao Q, Pan L, Li Y J, Chen L Q, Shi S Q 2018 Rare Met. 37 497Google Scholar
[45] 任元, 邹喆乂, 赵倩, 王达, 喻嘉, 施思齐 2020 69 226601Google Scholar
Ren Y, Zou Z Y, Zhao Q, Wang D, Yu J, Shi S Q 2020 Acta Phys. Sin. 69 226601Google Scholar
[46] Qiu J H, Wu M S, Luo W W, Xu B, Liu G, Ouyang C Y, 2021 J. Phys. Chem. C 125 23510Google Scholar
[47] Pan L, Zhang L W, Ye A J, Chi S T, Zou Z Y, He B, Chen L L, Zhao Q, Wang D, Shi S Q 2019 J. Materiomics 5 688Google Scholar
[48] He B, Mi P H, Ye A J, Chi S T, Jiao Y, Zhang L W, Pu B W, Zou Z Y, Zhang W Q, Avdeev M, Adams S, Zhao J T, Shi S Q 2021 Acta Mater. 203 116490Google Scholar
[49] Momma K, Izumi F 2011 J. Appl. Crystallogr. 44 1272Google Scholar
[50] Chen H, Adams S 2017 IUCrJ 4 614Google Scholar
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