Ionic conductivity

About: Ionic conductivity is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 19412 publications have been published within this topic receiving 519167 citations.

The Effect of Dispersed Alumina Particles on the Electrical Conductivity of Cuprous Chloride

Abstract: The electrical conductivity of cuprous chloride containing a dispersion of fine alumina particles was studied as a function of volume fraction (0–0.212) and particle size (0.3 and 0.06 μm initial particle size). At low temperatures the ionic conductivity may be increased by as much as two orders of magnitude. The enhanced conductivity, Δσ, was proportional to the surface area of the added alumina. Both these data and the earlier data of Liang (1) were fitted to a relation, where is the radius of the alumina dispersoids and the volume fraction.

Lithium Chlorides and Bromides as Promising Solid-State Chemistries for Fast Ion Conductors with Good Electrochemical Stability

Abstract: Enabling all-solid-state Li-ion batteries requires solid electrolytes with high Li ionic conductivity and good electrochemical stability. Following recent experimental reports of Li3 YCl6 and Li3 YBr6 as promising new solid electrolytes, we used first principles computation to investigate the Li-ion diffusion, electrochemical stability, and interface stability of chloride and bromide materials and elucidated the origin of their high ionic conductivities and good electrochemical stabilities. Chloride and bromide chemistries intrinsically exhibit low migration energy barriers, wide electrochemical windows, and are not constrained to previous design principles for sulfide and oxide Li-ion conductors, allowing for much greater freedom in structure, chemistry, composition, and Li sublattice for developing fast Li-ion conductors. Our study highlights chloride and bromide chemistries as a promising new research direction for solid electrolytes with high ionic conductivity and good stability.