Single-atom-layer traps in a solid electrolyte for lithium batteries

Feng Zhu; Md Shafiqul Islam; Lin Zhou; Zhenqi Gu; Ting Liu; Xinchao Wang; Jun Luo; Ce-Wen Nan; Yifei Mo; Cheng Ma

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-15544-x

Nature Communications (Apr 2020)

Single-atom-layer traps in a solid electrolyte for lithium batteries

Feng Zhu,
Md Shafiqul Islam,
Lin Zhou,
Zhenqi Gu,
Ting Liu,
Xinchao Wang,
Jun Luo,
Ce-Wen Nan,
Yifei Mo,
Cheng Ma

Affiliations

Feng Zhu: Division of Nanomaterials & Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China
Md Shafiqul Islam: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland
Lin Zhou: Ames Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy
Zhenqi Gu: Division of Nanomaterials & Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China
Ting Liu: School of Materials Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, Tsinghua University
Xinchao Wang: Division of Nanomaterials & Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China
Jun Luo: Center for Electron Microscopy and Tianjin Key Lab of Advanced Functional Porous Materials, Institute for New Energy Materials & Low-Carbon Technologies, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology
Ce-Wen Nan: School of Materials Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, Tsinghua University
Yifei Mo: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland
Cheng Ma: Division of Nanomaterials & Chemistry, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15544-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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High ionic conductivity in solid electrolytes is dependent on the existence of features that interrupt the periodic nature of host materials. Here, the authors enrich the defect chemistry in a typical Li-ion conductor, reporting atom-thick planar defects that form closed loops and trap mobile species.

Published in Nature Communications

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