Morgan, Benjamin

Scanlon, David O

Squires, Alexander

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The Li-stuffed garnets Li xM 2M3′O 12 are promising Li-ion solid electrolytes with potential use in solid-state batteries. One strategy for optimizing ionic conductivities in these materials is to tune lithium stoichiometries through aliovalent doping, which is often assumed to produce proportionate numbers of charge-compensating Li vacancies. The native defect chemistry of the Li-stuffed garnets and their response to doping, however, are not well understood, and it is unknown to what degree a simple vacancy-compensation model is valid. Here, we report hybrid density functional theory calculations of a broad range of native defects in the prototypical Li garnet Li 7La 3Zr 2O 12. We calculate equilibrium defect concentrations as a function of synthesis conditions and model the response of these defect populations to extrinsic doping. We predict a rich defect chemistry that includes Li and O vacancies and interstitials, and significant numbers of cation-antisite defects. Under reducing conditions, O vacancies act as color centers by trapping electrons. We find that supervalent (donor) doping does not produce charge compensating Li vacancies under all synthesis conditions; under Li-rich/Zr-poor conditions the dominant compensating defects are Li Zr antisites, and Li stoichiometries strongly deviate from those predicted by simple "vacancy compensation" models. </p

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Native Defects and their Doping Response in the Lithium Solid Electrolyte Li7La3Zr2O12

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Native Defects and their Doping Response in the Lithium Solid Electrolyte Li<sub>7</sub>La<sub>3</sub>Zr<sub>2</sub>O<sub>12</sub>

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