Atomic-scale origin of the low grain-boundary resistance in perovskite solid electrolyte Li0.375Sr0.4375Ta0.75Zr0.25O3

Tom Lee; Ji Qi; Chaitanya A. Gadre; Huaixun Huyan; Shu-Ting Ko; Yunxing Zuo; Chaojie Du; Jie Li; Toshihiro Aoki; Ruqian Wu; Jian Luo; Shyue Ping Ong; Xiaoqing Pan

doi:10.1038/s41467-023-37115-6

Nature Communications (Apr 2023)

Atomic-scale origin of the low grain-boundary resistance in perovskite solid electrolyte Li0.375Sr0.4375Ta0.75Zr0.25O3

Tom Lee,
Ji Qi,
Chaitanya A. Gadre,
Huaixun Huyan,
Shu-Ting Ko,
Yunxing Zuo,
Chaojie Du,
Jie Li,
Toshihiro Aoki,
Ruqian Wu,
Jian Luo,
Shyue Ping Ong,
Xiaoqing Pan

Affiliations

Tom Lee: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California at Irvine
Ji Qi: Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of California San Diego
Chaitanya A. Gadre: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California at Irvine
Huaixun Huyan: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California at Irvine
Shu-Ting Ko: Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of California San Diego
Yunxing Zuo: Department of NanoEngineering, University of California San Diego
Chaojie Du: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California at Irvine
Jie Li: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California at Irvine
Toshihiro Aoki: Irvine Materials Research Institute, University of California at Irvine
Ruqian Wu: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California at Irvine
Jian Luo: Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of California San Diego
Shyue Ping Ong: Department of NanoEngineering, University of California San Diego
Xiaoqing Pan: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California at Irvine

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37115-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Oxide solid electrolytes generally suffer from high grain boundary resistance. Here, the authors use advanced electron microscopy, along with an active learning moment tensor potential, to reveal the atomic-scale origin of low grain-boundary resistance in Li0.375Sr0.4375Ta0.75Zr0.25O3.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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