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Mechanochemical Synthesis and Structure of Lithium Tetrahaloaluminates, LiAlX₄ (X = Cl, Br, I): A Family of Li-Ion Conducting Ternary Halides.

ABSTRACT: State-of-the-art oxides and sulfides with high Li-ion conductivity and good electrochemical stability are among the most promising candidates for solid-state electrolytes in secondary batteries. Yet emerging halides offer promising alternatives because of their intrinsic low Li⁺ migration energy barriers, high electrochemical oxidative stability, and beneficial mechanical properties. Mechanochemical synthesis has enabled the characterization of LiAlX₄ compounds to be extended and the iodide, LiAlI₄, to be synthesized for the first time (monoclinic P2₁/c, Z = 4; a = 8.0846(1) Å; b = 7.4369(1) Å; c = 14.8890(2) Å; β = 93.0457(8)°). Of the tetrahaloaluminates, LiAlBr₄ exhibited the highest ionic conductivity at room temperature (0.033 mS cm^-1), while LiAlCl₄ showed a conductivity of 0.17 mS cm^-1 at 333 K, coupled with the highest thermal and oxidative stability. Modeling of the diffusion pathways suggests that the Li-ion transport mechanism in each tetrahaloaluminate is closely related and mediated by both halide polarizability and concerted complex anion motions.

SUBMITTER: Flores-Gonzalez N

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