Nature Communications (Mar 2016)

Design and synthesis of the superionic conductor Na10SnP2S12

  • William D. Richards,
  • Tomoyuki Tsujimura,
  • Lincoln J. Miara,
  • Yan Wang,
  • Jae Chul Kim,
  • Shyue Ping Ong,
  • Ichiro Uechi,
  • Naoki Suzuki,
  • Gerbrand Ceder

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11009
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Solid electrolytes are an attractive alternative to the flammable organic solvents typically used in intercalation batteries. Here, the authors report the computation-assisted discovery and synthesis of Na10SnP2S12, a sodium electrolyte with room temperature conductivity of 0.4 mS cm−1.