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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C
Volume 118, Issue 20, Pages 10590-10595Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jp5000039
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- Chinese Academy of Sciences
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The first-principles and thermodynamic calculations were performed to study structural stability, thermodynamic properties, and Li+ migration mechanism of the superionic conductor Li10GeP2S12 (LGPS). Our calculations show that the zigzag and parallel arrangements of GeS44- and P(1)S-4(3-) units form three types of stable structures. Among them, zigzag-type structures with 2-4 Li+ occupied in the Li4 position were found to be the most stable. Our thermodynamic calculations show that LGPS may be stable at >276 K when configuration and vibration entropies are considered based on disordered arrangement of GeS44- and P(1)S-4(3-) units, and partially occupied Li+. Based on the calculation for minimum energy paths, we found that Li+ migration along the c axis may be more favorable than that in the ab plane, indicating a very weak anisotropy for Li+ migration of LGPS. These structural and mechanistic studies are helpful to design a novel superionic conductor with high performance.
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