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23Na nuclear magnetic resonance study of yNa2S+(1 − y)[xSiS2+(1 − x)PS5/2] glassy solid electrolytes
Ames Laboratory Accepted Manuscripts
  • Ananda Shastri, Minnesota State University and Ames Laboratory
  • Deborah Watson, Iowa State University
  • Qing-Ping Ding, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
  • Yuji Furukawa, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
  • Steve W. Martin, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
Publication Date
7-8-2019
Department
Ames Laboratory; Materials Science and Engineering; Physics and Astronomy
OSTI ID+
1532441
Report Number
IS-J 9973
DOI
10.1016/j.ssi.2019.115013
Journal Title
Solid State Ionics
Abstract

23Na NMR spin lattice relaxation times, T1, and central linewidths were obtained for yNa2S + (1 − y)[xSiS2 + (1 − x)PS5/2] glassy solid electrolytes for two series of glasses, y = 0.5 and 0.67, and x = 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, and 0.9. No pronounced mixed glass former effect in the activation energy was observed within experimental uncertainty for either series of glasses. Energy barriers to sodium motion were calculated using the Anderson-Stuart model for the y = 0.67 sample, and the results suggested that the energy barriers as a function of composition are strongly influenced by the dielectric constant of these glasses. DC Na+ ion conductivity values calculated using NMR-derived correlation times, an available Na+ ion site coordination number in the range z = 3–4, and an energy cutoff determined from the critical percolation threshold, were in agreement with the increasing trend in the experimental values for the y = 0.67 glasses. Using the same model, the conductivity values were calculated for the y = 0.50 glasses, which have as yet to be measured, and these revealed a decreasing conductivity as x increased. Sodium NMR second moment studies showed that the cation spatial arrangement followed a homogeneous distribution for y = 0.50 and 0.67 samples over most of the composition range, but deviated significantly away from this above a sodium concentration of 1.85 × 1028 m-3, suggesting a tendency for sodium to cluster under these conditions.

DOE Contract Number(s)
AC02-07CH11358
Language
en
Publisher
Iowa State University Digital Repository, Ames IA (United States)
Citation Information
Ananda Shastri, Deborah Watson, Qing-Ping Ding, Yuji Furukawa, et al.. "23Na nuclear magnetic resonance study of yNa2S+(1 − y)[xSiS2+(1 − x)PS5/2] glassy solid electrolytes" Vol. 340 (2019) p. 115013
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/steve_martin/69/