Study on Phase Evolution and Material Properties of  Li10SiP2S12-XOx

Monday, 14 October 2019
Grand Ballroom (The Hilton Atlanta)
K. Kim (IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY)
Oxygen substitution was carried out on Li10SiP2S12 (LSiPS) which has the Li10GeP2S12 (LGPS) type crystalline structure. The general formula of Li10SiP2S12-xOx (LSiPSO) where 0 ≤ x ≤ 1.75 was set for solid state reaction to produce oxy-sulfide sites. The phase distribution and local structural units of LSiPSO were determined by powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), and Raman, FT-IR,29Si and 31P Solid State NMR spectroscopies. The LGPS like LSiPSO phase increased while the impurity phase, β-Li3PS4 was reduced and formed Li3PO4 phase by O substitution. The optimized lithium ionic conductivity was found for x = 0.7 at 3.1 x 10-3 S/cm at 25℃. However, for the higher doped oxygen such as x > 0.9, a degradation of LSiPSO occurs and it is also expected to become the Li3PO4 phase which leads to a decrease in the ionic conductivity. The local structural units was determined by 31P and 29Si NMR and spectrum deconvolution to show sulfide, oxide and mixed oxy-sulfide local units. On the other hand, the doped O was found that only incorporating with phosphate centered tetrahedral unit such as PS4-xOx during no pure orthosilicate SiO44- units were observed, even at the highest x examined.