Li mobility in Nasicon-type materials LiM2(PO4)3, M = Ge, Ti, Sn, Zr and Hf, followed by 7Li NMR spectroscopy

Lithium mobility in LiM(2)(PO(4))(3) compounds, M = Ge and Sn, has been investigated by (7)Li Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, and deduced information compared with that reported previously in Ti, Zr and Hf members of the series in the temperature range 100-500 K. From the analysis of (7)Li NMR quadrupole interactions (C(Q) and η parameters), spin-spin T(2)(-1) and spin-lattice T(1)(-1) relaxation rates, structural sites occupancy and mobility of lithium have been deduced. Below 250 K, Li ions are preferentially located at M(1) sites in rhombohedral phases, but occupy intermediate M(12) sites between M(1) and M(2) sites in triclinic ones. In high-temperature rhombohedral phases, a superionic state is achieved when residence times at M(1) and M(12) sites become similar and correlation effects on Li motion decrease. This state can be obtained by large order-disorder transformations in rhombohedral phases or by sharp first order transitions in triclinic ones. The presence of two relaxation mechanisms in T(1)(-1) plots of rhombohedral phases has been associated with departures of conductivity from the Arrhenius behavior. Long term mobility of lithium is discussed in terms of the cation vacancy distribution along conduction paths.     

LiTi2(PO4)3的Na/Li离子交换特征

锂离子传导材料LiTi₂(PO₄)₃能在LiCl水溶液中高选择性地与Na⁺进行离子交换. 研究了NaCl 溶液中LiTi₂(PO₄)₃上的Na/Li离子交换反应, 实验结果表明, 升高温度能显著提高LiTi₂(PO₄)₃上的Na/Li交换反应速率, 其离子交换动力学规律可近似由JMAK(Johnson-Mehl-Aurami-Kalmogorav)方程描述. 对LiTi₂(PO₄)₃在水和NaCl溶液中的溶解行为的研究结果表明, 升高温度能加快其在水中的溶解速率, pH值过大或过小及离子交换都会加剧LiTi₂(PO₄)₃的溶解.     

Structural study of the T#2-LixCoO2 (0.52 < x < or = 0.72) phase

The metastable O2-LiCoO(2) phase undergoes several reversible phase transitions upon lithium deintercalation. The first transition leads to an unusual oxygen stacking in such layered compounds. This stacking is found to be stable for 0.52 < x < or = 0.72 in Li(x)()CoO(2) and is called T(#)2. We studied this phase from a structural viewpoint using X-ray and neutron diffraction (ab initio method). The new stacking derives from the O2 one by gliding every second CoO(2) slab by (1/3, 1/6, 0). The lithium ions are found to occupy very distorted tetrahedral sites in this structure. We also discuss the possibility of this T(#)2 phase to exhibit stacking faults, whose amount depends on the method used to prepare this deintercalated phase.     

Electrochemical property: Structure relationships in monoclinic Li(3-y)V2(PO4)3

Monoclinic lithium vanadium phosphate, alpha-Li(3)V(2)(PO(4))(3), is a highly promising material proposed as a cathode for lithium-ion batteries. It possesses both good ion mobility and high lithium capacity because of its ability to reversibly extract all three lithium ions from the lattice. Here, using a combination of neutron diffraction and (7)Li MAS NMR studies, we are able to correlate the structural features in the series of single-phase materials Li(3-y)V(2)(PO(4))(3) with the electrochemical voltage-composition profile. A combination of charge ordering on the vanadium sites and lithium ordering/disordering among lattice sites is responsible for the features in the electrochemical curve, including the observed hysteresis. Importantly, this work highlights the importance of ion-ion interactions in determining phase transitions in these materials.     

LiTi2(PO4)3/C 复合材料的制备及电化学性能

采用聚乙烯醇(PVA)辅助溶胶-凝胶法合成了具有Na+超离子导体(NASICON)结构的LiTi2(PO4)3/C复合材料.运用X射线衍射(XRD)、扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、充放电测试、循环伏安(CV)、电化学阻抗谱(EIS)等对其结构形貌和电化学性能进行表征.实验结果表明:合成的LiTi2(PO4)3/C具有良好的NASICON结构,首次放电容量为144mAh·g-1.电化学阻抗谱测试结果显示,LiTi2(PO4)3/C复合材料电极在首次嵌锂过程中分别出现了代表固体电解质相界面(SEI)膜及接触阻抗、电荷传递阻抗和相变阻抗的圆弧,并详细分析了它们的变化规律.计算了Li+在LiTi2(PO4)3中嵌入/脱出时的扩散系数,分别为2.40×10-5和1.07×10-5cm2·s-1.     

Structural study of the Li(0.5)Na(0.5)MnFe2(PO4)3 and Li(0.75)Na(0.25)MnFe2(PO4)3 alluaudite phases and their electrochemical properties as positive electrodes in lithium batteries

The alluaudite lithiated phases Li(0.5)Na(0.5)MnFe(2)(PO(4))(3) and Li(0.75)Na(0.25)MnFe(2)(PO(4))(3) were prepared via a sol-gel synthesis, leading to powders with spongy characteristics. The Rietveld refinement of the X-ray and neutron diffraction data coupled with ab initio calculations allowed us for the first time to accurately localize the lithium ions in the alluaudite structure. Actually, the lithium ions are localized in the A(1) and A(1)' sites of the tunnel. M?ssbauer measurements showed the presence of some Fe(2+) that decreased with increasing Li content. Neutron diffraction revealed the presence of a partial Mn/Fe exchange between the two transition metal sites that shows clearly that the oxidation state of the element is fixed by the type of occupied site. The electrochemical properties of the two phases were studied as positive electrodes in lithium batteries in the 4.5-1.5 V potential window, but they exhibit smaller electrochemical reversible capacity compared with the non-lithiated NaMnFe(2)(PO(4))(3). The possibility of Na(+)/Li(+) ion deintercalation from (Na,Li)MnFe(2)(PO(4))(3) was also investigated by DFT+U calculations.     

Ca(2+)/vacancies and O2-/F- ordering in new oxyfluoride pyrochlores Li(2x)Ca1.5-x square 0.5-xM2O6F (M = Nb,Ta) for 0 < or = x < or = 0.5

New oxyfluorides Li(2x)Ca(1.5-x) square (0.5-x)M2O6F (M = Nb, Ta), belonging to the cubic pyrochlore structural type (Z = 8, a approximately 10.5 angstroms), were synthesized by solid state reaction for 0 < or = x < or = 0.5. XRD data allowed us to determine their structures from single crystals for the two alpha and beta-Ca(1.5) square (0.5)Nb2O6F forms and from powder samples for the others. This characterisation was completed by TEM and solid state 19F NMR experiments. For the Ca(1.5) square (0.5)M2O6F (x = 0) pyrochlore phases, the presence of a double ordering phenomenon is demonstrated, involving on one hand the Ca(2+) ions and the vacancies and on the other hand the oxide and the fluoride anions which are strictly located in the 8b sites of the Fd3m aristotype space group. The Ca(2+) ions/vacancies ordering leads to a reversible phase transition, a (P4(3)32) <--> beta (Fd3m). The 19F NMR study strongly suggests that, in the beta-phases, the fluoride ions are only on average at the centre of the Ca3 square tetrahedron. It shows that slightly different Ca-F distances occuring in alpha-Ca(1.5) square (0.5)Nb2O6F may be related to a more difficult thermal ionic and vacancies diffusion process than in the tantalate compound. This may explain the hysteresis phenomenon presented by the phase transition. A solid solution Li(2x)Ca(1.5-x) square (0.5-x) Ta2O6F (0 < or = x < or = 0.5) was prepared and the order-disorder phase transition observed for Ca(1.5) square (0.5)M2MO6F compounds disappears for all the other compositions where less or no more vacancies exist in the 16d sites. In the LiCaM2O6F compounds, the 19F NMR study allows us to determine the Ca(2+) and Li+ ions distributions around the fluoride ions and shows that the [FLi2Ca2] environment is clearly favoured.     

Structural chemistry of A3CuBO6 (A = Ca, Sr; B = Mn, Ru, Ir) as a function of temperature

Variable temperature X-ray and neutron powder diffraction techniques have been used to identify structural phase transitions in Cu-rich A(3)A'BO(6) phases. A transition from monoclinic to rhombohedral symmetry was observed by X-ray diffraction between 700 and 500 K in Sr(3)Cu(1-x)M(x)IrO(6) (M = Ni, Zn; 0 < or = x < or = 0.5). The temperature of the phase change decreased in a linear manner with Cu-content and was essentially independent of the nature of M. Ca(3.1)Cu(0.9)MnO(6) was shown to pass from a rhombohedral phase to a triclinic phase on cooling below 290 K; the structure of the triclinic phase was refined against neutron diffraction data collected at 2 K. Ca(3.1)Cu(0.9)RuO(6) undergoes a transition between a disordered rhombohedral phase and an ordered monoclinic phase when cooled below 623 K. Neutron diffraction has been used to determine the structure as a function of temperature in the range 523 < or =T/K < or = 723 and hence to determine an order parameter for the low temperature phase; the second-order transition is shown to be incomplete 100 K below the critical temperature.     

(7)Li NMR and two-dimensional exchange study of lithium dynamics in monoclinic Li(3)V(2)(PO(4))(3)

High-resolution solid-state (7)Li NMR was used to characterize the structure and dynamics of lithium ion transport in monoclinic Li(3)V(2)(PO(4))(3). Under fast magic-angle spinning (MAS) conditions (25 kHz), three resonances are clearly resolved and assigned to the three unique crystallographic sites. This assignment is based on the Fermi-contact delocalization interaction between the unpaired d-electrons at the vanadium centers and the lithium ions. One-dimensional variable-temperature NMR and two-dimensional exchange spectroscopy (EXSY) are used to probe Li mobility between the three sites. Very fast exchange, on the microsecond time scale, was observed for the Li hopping processes. Activation energies are determined and correlated to structural properties including interatomic Li distances and Li-O bottleneck sizes.     

Synthesis and crystal chemistry of two new fluorite-related bismuth phosphates, Bi(4.25)(PO4)2O(3.375) and Bi5(PO4)2O4.5, in the Series Bi4+x(PO4)2O3+3x/2 (0.175 < or = x < or = 1)

Two new phosphates, Bi(4.25)(PO4)2O(3.375) and Bi(5)(PO(4))(2)O(4.5), have been analyzed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction in the series Bi(4+x)(PO4)2O(3+3x/2) (0.175 < or = x < or = 1). The syntheses of the compositions ranging from x = 0.175 to 0.475 were carried out by the ceramic route. The compositions from x = 0.175 to 0.475 form a solid solution with a structure similar to that of Bi(4.25)(PO4)2O(3.375), while Bi(5)(PO4)2O(4.5) was isolated from a mixture of two phases. Both of the phases form fluorite-related structures but, nevertheless, differ from each other with respect to the arrangement of the bismuth atoms. The uniqueness in the structures is the appearance of isolated PO(4) tetrahedra separated by interleaving [Bi2O2] units. ac impedance studies indicate conductivity on the order of 10(-5) S cm(-1) for Bi(4.25)(PO4)2O(3.375). Crystal data: Bi(4.25)(PO4)2O(3.375), triclinic, space group P (No. 1), with a = 7.047(1) A, b = 9.863(2) A, c = 15.365(4) A, alpha = 77.604(4) degrees, beta = 84.556(4) degrees, gamma = 70.152(4) degrees, V = 980.90(4) A3, and Z = 4; Bi(5)(PO4)2O(4.5), monoclinic, space group C2/c (No. 15), with a = 13.093(1) A, b = 5.707(1) A, c = 15.293(1) A, beta = 98.240(2) degrees, V = 1130.95(4) A(3), and Z = 8.     

Preparation of LiTi2(PO4)3 by the Solgel Method and Investigation of Its Formation Process*

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Charge distribution and mobility of lithium ions in Li<Subscript>2</Subscript>TiO<Subscript>3</Subscript> from <Superscript>6,7</Superscript>Li NMR data

A comparative analysis of ^6,7Li NMR spectra is performed for the samples of monoclinic lithium titanate obtained at different synthesis temperatures. In the ⁷Li NMR spectra three lines are found, which differ in quadrupole splitting frequencies v _Q and according to ab initio EFG calculations are assigned to three crystallographic sites of lithium: Li1 (v _Q ～ 27 kHz); Li2 (v _Q ～ 59 kHz); Li3 (v _Q ～ 6 kHz). The dynamics of lithium ions is studied in a wide temperature range from 300 K to 900 K. It is found that the narrowing of ⁷Li NMR spectra as a result of thermally activated diffusion of lithium ions in the low-temperature Li₂TiO₃ sample is observed at a higher temperature in comparison with a sample of high-temperature lithium titanate. Based on the analysis of ⁶Li NMR spectra it is assumed that there is mixed occupancy of lithium and titanium sites in the corresponding layers of the crystal structure of low-temperature lithium titanate, which hinders lithium ion transfer over regular crystallographic sites.     

Carbon coated nano-LiTi2(PO4)3 electrodes for non-aqueous hybrid supercapacitors

The Pechini type polymerizable complex decomposition method is employed to prepare LiTi(2)(PO(4))(3) at 1000 °C in air. High energy ball milling followed by carbon coating by the glucose-method yielded C-coated nano-LiTi(2)(PO(4))(3) (LTP) with a crystallite size of 80(±5) nm. The phase is characterized by X-ray diffraction, Rietveld refinement, thermogravimetry, SEM, HR-TEM and Raman spectra. Lithium cycling properties of LTP show that 1.75 moles of Li (~121 mA h g(-1) at 15 mA g(-1) current) per formula unit can be reversibly cycled between 2 and 3.4 V vs. Li with 83% capacity retention after 70 cycles. Cyclic voltammograms (CV) reveal the two-phase reaction mechanism during Li insertion/extraction. A hybrid electrochemical supercapacitor (HEC) with LTP as negative electrode and activated carbon (AC) as positive electrode in non-aqueous electrolyte is studied by CV at various scan rates and by galvanostatic cycling at various current rates up to 1000 cycles in the range 0-3 V. Results show that the HEC delivers a maximum energy density of 14 W h kg(-1) and a power density of 180 W kg(-1).     

Sol-gel法制备的LiTi2-xMnx(PO4)3@C复合纳米材料及其储锂性能

通过简单的溶胶-凝胶方法成功合成一系列Nasicon型LiTi2-xMnx(PO4)3@C(x=0.02,0.05,0.08和0.1)。掺入异价元素锰增大了LiTi2(PO4)3的晶格参数,从而扩大Li^+的传输通道,并降低了电化学阻抗。同时材料的表面包覆均匀的导电碳层以提高电子的传输速率。所有复合材料通过粉末X射线衍射仪及透射电子显微镜进行表征。LiTi1.92Mn0.08(PO4)3@C作为锂离子电池正极材料表现出最佳的电化学性能。在0.1C倍率下,电池循环150次后放电容量高达145 mAh·g^-1,增大至5C倍率下首次充放电达到132mAh·g^-1。优异的电化学性能可归因于掺杂提高了锂离子扩散系数及包覆碳材料降低了传荷阻抗。     

Li2O-Al2O3-GeO2-P2Os微晶玻璃的微观结构和离子电导率

采用传统熔体冷却法制备了Li3-xAl2-xGex(PO4)3(x=1.1～1.9)体系玻璃,并通过热处理工艺获得了高电导率的微晶玻璃.通过XRD、TEM和交流阻抗等测试方法,研究了该系微晶玻璃的物相组成、微观形貌和锂离子电导率.结果表明:该系统微晶玻璃析出导电主晶相为LiGe2(PO4)3,杂质相为AlPO4和GeO2.当x=1.5时,由于导电主晶相LiGe2(PO4)3晶粒充分长大、分布均匀,所制备微晶玻璃的室温锂离子电导率最高(5.72×10-4 S·cm-1),可以满足全固态锂离子电池对电解质高室温电导率的要求.     

Ti4+离子掺杂对Li3V2(PO4)3晶体结构与性能的影响

采用溶胶凝胶/碳热还原法合成了锂离子电池正极材料Li3V2(PO4)3及其掺Ti化合物Li3-2x(V1-xTix)2-(PO4)3. 电化学测试结果表明, 经Ti4+离子掺杂后材料的充放电性能及循环性能明显提高. 与纯相Li3V2(PO4)3在3.58、3.67和4.08 V出现三个平台相比, 掺杂后材料的前两个平台发生简并且平台趋于模糊的倾斜状态. 这种趋势随掺杂量的增大而增强. 差热分析(DTA)表明掺杂生成了稳定的酌相产物. 采用X射线衍射和Rietveld方法表征了化合物的晶体结构, 结果表明, 三个不同位置Li的不完全占据导致晶体中产生阳离子空穴, 使材料在常温下的离子电导率提高了3个数量级. 锂离子混排提高了样品的电导率和充放电比容量.     

Li1.3Ti1.7Al0.3(PO4)3与Na+的离子交换

锂离子传导材料Li_1.3Ti_1.7Al_0.3(PO₄)₃是具有NASICON结构的功能材料, 与Na⁺进行离子交换具有选择性高的特性. 研究了在不同温度条件下NaCl和LiCl水溶液中Li_1.3Ti_1.7Al_0.3(PO₄)₃上的Na/Li离子交换行为. 实验结果表明, 升高温度能显著提高Li_1.3Ti_1.7Al_0.3(PO₄)₃的Na/Li交换反应速率, 提高LiCl中杂质Na的分离效果.     

Electronically driven structural distortions in lithium intercalates of the n = 2 Ruddlesden-Popper-type host Y2Ti2O5S2: synthesis, structure, and properties of LixY2Ti2O5S2 (0 < x < 2)

Lithium intercalation into the oxide slabs of the cation-deficient n = 2 Ruddlesden-Popper oxysulfide Y(2)Ti(2)O(5)S(2) to produce Li(x)Y(2)Ti(2)O(5)S(2) (0 < x < 2) is described. Neutron powder diffraction measurements reveal that at low levels of lithium intercalation into Y(2)Ti(2)O(5)S(2), the tetragonal symmetry of the host is retained: Li(0.30(5))Y(2)Ti(2)O(5)S(2), I4/mmm, a = 3.80002(2) A, c = 22.6396(2) A, Z = 2. The lithium ion occupies a site coordinated by four oxide ions in an approximately square planar geometry in the perovskite-like oxide slabs of the structure. At higher levels of lithium intercalation, the symmetry of the cell is lowered to orthorhombic: Li(0.99(5))Y(2)Ti(2)O(5)S(2), Immm, a = 3.82697(3) A, b = 3.91378(3) A, c = 22.2718(2) A, Z = 2, with ordering of Li(+) ions over two inequivalent sites. At still higher levels of lithium intercalation, tetragonal symmetry is regained: Li(1.52(5))Y(2)Ti(2)O(5)S(2), I4/mmm, a = 3.91443(4) A, c = 22.0669(3) A, Z = 2. A phase gap exists close to the transition from the tetragonal to orthorhombic structures (0.6 < x < 0.8). The changes in symmetry of the system with electron count may be considered analogous to a cooperative electronically driven Jahn-Teller type distortion. Magnetic susceptibility and resistivity measurements are consistent with metallic properties for x > 1, and the two-phase region is identified as coincident with an insulator to metal transition.     

Li2O-Al2O3-GeO2-P2O5微晶玻璃的微观结构和离子电导率

采用传统熔体冷却法制备了Li3-xAl2-xGex(PO4)3(x=1.1~1.9)体系玻璃,并通过热处理工艺获得了高电导率的微晶玻璃。通过XRD、TEM和交流阻抗等测试方法,研究了该系微晶玻璃的物相组成、微观形貌和锂离子电导率。结果表明:该系统微晶玻璃析出导电主晶相为LiGe2(PO4)3,杂质相为AlPO4和GeO2。当x=1.5时,由于导电主晶相LiGe2(PO4)3晶粒充分长大、分布均匀,所制备微晶玻璃的室温锂离子电导率最高(5.72×10-4 S.cm-1),可以满足全固态锂离子电池对电解质高室温电导率的要求。     

The first homologous series of self-assembled aryl bromo- and aryl cyanocuprates, -argentates,and -aurates; MLi(2)XAr(2) (M = Cu(I), Ag(I), Au(I); X = Br,C(triple bond)N; Ar = [C(6)H(4)CH(2)N(Et)CH(2)CH(2)NEt(2)-2]-)

Reaction of 2 molar equiv of the diamine chelated aryllithium dimers Li(2)(C(6)H(4)[CH(2)N(Et)CH(2)CH(2)NEt(2)]-2)(2) (Li(2)Ar(2)) with the appropriate metal bromide allows the synthesis of the first homologous series of monomeric group 11 bromoate complexes of type MLi(2)BrAr(2) (M = Cu (7), Ag (8), Au (9)). Both in the solid state and in solution, the bromocuprate 7 is isostructural with the bromoargentate 8. The crystal structures of 7 and 8 consist of a MLi(2) core, and each of the two aryl ligands bridges via electron-deficient bonding between the group 11 metal and one Li atom (d(C(ipso)-M) = 1.941(4) (mean) and 2.122(4) (mean) A, for 7 and 8, respectively). The bromine atom exclusively bridges between the two lithium atoms. Each of the ortho-CH(2)N(Et)CH(2)CH(2)NEt(2) moieties is N,N'-chelate bonded to one lithium (d(N-Li) = 2.195(5) and 2.182(0) (mean) A for 7 and 2.154(8) and 2.220(1) (mean) A for 8). Although the MLi(2)BrAr(2) compounds are neutral higher-order -ate species, the structure can also be regarded as consisting of a contact ion pair consisting of two ionic fragments, [Li-Br-Li](+) and [Ar(2)M](-), which are interconnected by both Li-N,N'-chelate bonding and a highly polar C(ipso)-Li interaction. On the basis of NMR and cryoscopic studies, the structural features of the bromoaurate 9 are similar to those of 7 and 8. A multinuclear NMR investigation shows that the bonding between the [Li-Br-Li] and [Ar(2)M] moieties is intermediate between ionic and neutral with an almost equally polarized C(ipso)-Li bond in 7, 8, and 9. Similar reactions between M(C(triple bond)N) and 2 molar equiv of LiAr yield the analogous 2:1 cyanoate complexes of type MLi(2)(C(triple bond)N)Ar(2) (M = Ag (10), Au (11)). Multinuclear NMR studies show that the cyanoate complexes 10 and 11 are isostructural with the bromoate complexes 7, 8, and 9. This paper illustrates that these cyanoaurates may serve as excellent model complexes to gain more insight into the structure of 2:1 cyanocuprates in solution.