Correlated Li-ion migration in the superionic conductor LiGePS

矢島 健*; 日沼 洋陽*; 堀 智*; 岩崎 類*; 菅野 了次*; 大原 高志; 中尾 朗子*; 宗像 孝司*; 廣井 善二*

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 9(18), p.11278 - 11284, 2021/05

https://doi.org/10.1039/D1TA00552A

Herein, we studied the crystalline compound LiGePS with the largest Li-ion conductivity thus far via a novel route based on a combination of single-crystal neutron diffraction experiments at low temperature and first-principles calculations, and found that a correlated migration of the densely packed Li ions governs the overall Li-ion conduction. The correlated migration mechanism provides us with guidelines on how to design efficient superionic conductors for more efficient batteries.