Computational Screening for Novel Fast-Ion Conductors in the Li-Si-S Chemical Space
Sona Guluzade a, Christian Masquelier c, Saiful Islam b, Benjamin Morgan a
a Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AX, UK
b University of Oxford, Department of Chemistry, Oxford, OX1 3TA, United Kingdom
c Laboratoire de Réactivité et Chimie des Solides (LRCS) UMR CNRS 7314 - Université de Picardie Jules Verne 33 rue Saint Leu, FR-80039 Amiens Cedex, France
Proceedings of 24th International Conference on Solid State Ionics (SSI24)
Fundamentals: Experiment and simulation
London, United Kingdom, 2024 July 14th - 19th
Organizers: John Kilner and Stephen Skinner
Oral, Sona Guluzade, presentation 126
Publication date: 10th April 2024

The development of safe, sustainable, and mass-deployable solid-state batteries requires fast-ion conducting solid electrolytes derived from earth-abundant elements. In the search for new solid electrolytes, a common approach is to alter the composition of already known phases by doping on anion or cation sites to modify the structure and conductivity. However, searching for new high-conductivity phases from structural modification only is less common. Motivated by this idea, we have implemented a computational materials discovery and screening procedure that combines first-principles structure prediction with machine-learning-derived force-field molecular dynamics. By applying this procedure to the Li–Si–S phase space, we find 21 phases within 30 meV/atom of the convex hull. Four of these phases are predicted to show high Li-ion conductivities, of which three structures are previously unknown and are targets for future synthesis. This combined computational structure prediction and screening methodology holds promise for use in the discovery of novel fast-ion conductors beyond the Li–Si–S chemical space.

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