Evidence for a Solid-Electrolyte Inductive Effect in the Superionic Conductor Li₁₀Ge_1-xSn_xP₂S₁₂.

ABSTRACT: Strategies to enhance ionic conductivities in solid electrolytes typically focus on the effects of modifying their crystal structures or of tuning mobile-ion stoichiometries. A less-explored approach is to modulate the chemical bonding interactions within a material to promote fast lithium-ion diffusion. Recently, the idea of a solid-electrolyte inductive effect has been proposed, whereby changes in bonding within the solid-electrolyte host framework modify the potential energy landscape for the mobile ions, resulting in an enhanced ionic conductivity. Direct evidence for a solid-electrolyte inductive effect, however, is lacking-in part because of the challenge of quantifying changes in local bonding interactions within a solid-electrolyte host framework. Here, we consider the evidence for

SUBMITTER: Culver SP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8016198 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature