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Huang J, Wu K, Xu G, Wu M, Dou S, Wu C. Recent progress and strategic perspectives of inorganic solid electrolytes: fundamentals, modifications, and applications in sodium metal batteries. Chem Soc Rev 2023. [PMID: 37365900 DOI: 10.1039/d2cs01029a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
Abstract
Solid-state electrolytes (SEs) have attracted overwhelming attention as a promising alternative to traditional organic liquid electrolytes (OLEs) for high-energy-density sodium-metal batteries (SMBs), owing to their intrinsic incombustibility, wider electrochemical stability window (ESW), and better thermal stability. Among various kinds of SEs, inorganic solid-state electrolytes (ISEs) stand out because of their high ionic conductivity, excellent oxidative stability, and good mechanical strength, rendering potential utilization in safe and dendrite-free SMBs at room temperature. However, the development of Na-ion ISEs still remains challenging, that a perfect solution has yet to be achieved. Herein, we provide a comprehensive and in-depth inspection of the state-of-the-art ISEs, aiming at revealing the underlying Na+ conduction mechanisms at different length scales, and interpreting their compatibility with the Na metal anode from multiple aspects. A thorough material screening will include nearly all ISEs developed to date, i.e., oxides, chalcogenides, halides, antiperovskites, and borohydrides, followed by an overview of the modification strategies for enhancing their ionic conductivity and interfacial compatibility with Na metal, including synthesis, doping and interfacial engineering. By discussing the remaining challenges in ISE research, we propose rational and strategic perspectives that can serve as guidelines for future development of desirable ISEs and practical implementation of high-performance SMBs.
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- Jiawen Huang
- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China.
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China.
- Institute of Energy Materials Science (IEMS), University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China.
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China.
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China.
- Key Laboratory of Organic Compound Pollution Control Engineering (MOE), School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- Institute of Energy Materials Science (IEMS), University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China.
- Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials, Australian Institute of Innovative Materials, University of Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
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- School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China.
- Institute of Energy Materials Science (IEMS), University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China.
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Wang C, Xu BB, Zhang X, Sun W, Chen J, Pan H, Yan M, Jiang Y. Ion Hopping: Design Principles for Strategies to Improve Ionic Conductivity for Inorganic Solid Electrolytes. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2022; 18:e2107064. [PMID: 35373539 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202107064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2021] [Revised: 03/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
Solid electrolytes are considered as an ideal substitution of liquid electrolytes, avoiding the potential hazards of volatilization, flammability, and explosion for liquid electrolyte-based rechargeable batteries. However, there are significant performance gaps to be bridged between solid electrolytes and liquid electrolytes; one with a particular importance is the ionic conductivity which is highly dependent on the material types and structures. In this review, the general physical image of ion hopping in the crystalline structure is revisited, by highlighting two main kernels that impact ion migration: ion hopping pathways and skeletons interaction. The universal strategies to effectively improve ionic conductivity of inorganic solid electrolytes are then systematically summarized: constructing rapid diffusion pathways for mobile ions; and reducing resistance of the surrounding potential field. The scoped strategies offer an exclusive view on the working principle of ion movement regardless of the ion species, thus providing a comprehensive guidance for the future exploitation of solid electrolytes.
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- Caiyun Wang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Centre, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Mechanical and Construction Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST, UK
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Centre, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Centre, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- Institute of Science and Technology for New Energy, Xi'an Technological University, Xi'an, 710021, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Centre, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
- Institute of Science and Technology for New Energy, Xi'an Technological University, Xi'an, 710021, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Centre, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Centre, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China
- State Key Laboratory of Baiyunobo Rare Earth Resource Researches and Comprehensive Utilization, Baotou Research Institute of Rare Earths, Baotou, 014030, P. R. China
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Hogrefe K, Minafra N, Hanghofer I, Banik A, Zeier WG, Wilkening HMR. Opening Diffusion Pathways through Site Disorder: The Interplay of Local Structure and Ion Dynamics in the Solid Electrolyte Li6+xP1–xGexS5I as Probed by Neutron Diffraction and NMR. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:1795-1812. [PMID: 35057616 PMCID: PMC8815078 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c11571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Solid electrolytes
are at the heart of future energy storage systems.
Li-bearing argyrodites are frontrunners in terms of Li+ ion conductivity. Although many studies have investigated the effect
of elemental substitution on ionic conductivity, we still do not fully
understand the various origins leading to improved ion dynamics. Here,
Li6+xP1–xGexS5I served as an
application-oriented model system to study the effect of cation substitution
(P5+ vs Ge4+) on Li+ ion dynamics.
While Li6PS5I is a rather poor ionic conductor
(10–6 S cm–1, 298 K), the Ge-containing
samples show specific conductivities on the order of 10–2 S cm–1 (330 K). Replacing P5+ with
Ge4+ not only causes S2–/I– anion site disorder but also reveals via neutron diffraction that
the Li+ ions do occupy several originally empty sites between
the Li rich cages in the argyrodite framework. Here, we used 7Li and 31P NMR to show that this Li+ site disorder has a tremendous effect on both local ion dynamics
and long-range Li+ transport. For the Ge-rich samples,
NMR revealed several new Li+ exchange processes, which
are to be characterized by rather low activation barriers (0.1–0.3
eV). Consequently, in samples with high Ge-contents, the Li+ ions have access to an interconnected network of pathways allowing
for rapid exchange processes between the Li cages. By (i) relating
the changes of the crystal structure and (ii) measuring the dynamic
features as a function of length scale, we were able to rationalize
the microscopic origins of fast, long-range ion transport in this
class of electrolytes.
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- Katharina Hogrefe
- Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Materials, Graz University of Technology (NAWI Graz), Stremayrgasse 9, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Münster, Correnstrasse 30, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Materials, Graz University of Technology (NAWI Graz), Stremayrgasse 9, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Münster, Correnstrasse 30, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Münster, Correnstrasse 30, D-48149 Münster, Germany
- Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung (IEK), IEK-12: Helmholtz-Institut Münster, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Corrensstrasse 46, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Materials, Graz University of Technology (NAWI Graz), Stremayrgasse 9, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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Koch B, Kong ST, Gün Ö, Deiseroth HJ, Eckert H. Site preferences and ion dynamics in lithium chalcohalide solid solutions with argyrodite structure: II. Multinuclear solid state NMR of the systems Li6PS5−x
Se
x
Cl and Li6PS5−x
Se
x
Br. Z PHYS CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1515/zpch-2021-3139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
Abstract
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A comprehensive multinuclear (7Li, 31P, 35Cl, 77Se, 79Br) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) study has been conducted to characterize local structural configurations and atomic distributions in the crystallographically disordered solid solutions of composition Li6PS5−x
Se
x
X (0 ≤ x ≤ 1, X = Cl, Br) with the Argyrodite structure. In contrast to the situation with the corresponding iodide homologs, there is no structural ordering between the 4a and 4c sites, with the halide ions occupying both of them with close to statistical probabilities. Nevertheless, throughout the composition range, the 16e Wyckoff sites of the Argyrodite structure are exclusively occupied by the chalcogen atoms, forming PY4
3− (Y = S, Se) tetrahedra, indicating the absence of P-halogen bonds. 31P magic-angle spinning (MAS)-NMR can serve to differentiate between the various possible PS4−n
Se
n
3− tetrahedral units in a quantitative fashion. Compared to the case of the anion-ordered Li6PS5−x
Se
x
I solid solutions, the preference of P–S over P–Se bonding is significantly stronger, but it is weaker than in the halide free solid solutions Li7PS6−x
Se
x
. Each individual PS4−n
Se
n
3− tetrahedron is represented by a peak cluster of up to five resonances, representing the five different configurations in which the PY4
3− ions are surrounded by the four closest chalcogenide and halide anions occupying the 4c sites; this distribution is close to statistical and can be used to deduce deviations of sample compositions from ideal stoichiometry. Non-linear 7Li chemical shift trends as a function of x are interpreted to indicate that the Coulombic traps created by sulfur-rich PS4−n
Se
n
3− ions (n ≤ 2) within the energy landscape of the lithium ions are deeper than those of the other anionic species present (i.e., selenium-richer PY4
3− tetrahedra, isolated chalcogenide or iodide ions), causing the Li+ ions to spend on average more time near them. Temperature dependent static 7Li NMR linewidths indicate higher mobility in the present systems than in the previously studied Li6PS5−x
Se
x
I solid solutions. Unlike the situation in Li6PS5−x
Se
x
I no rate distinction between intra-cage and inter-cage ionic motion is evident. Lithium ionic mobility increases with increasing selenium content. This effect can be attributed to the influences of higher anionic polarizability and a widening of the lithium ion migration pathways caused by lattice expansion. The results offer interesting new insights into the structure/ionic mobility correlations in this new class of compounds.
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- Barbara Koch
- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, WWU Münster , Corrensstraße 30 , D 48149 Münster , Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität Siegen , Adolf-Reichwein-Str. , 57068 Siegen , Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität Siegen , Adolf-Reichwein-Str. , 57068 Siegen , Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität Siegen , Adolf-Reichwein-Str. , 57068 Siegen , Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, WWU Münster , Corrensstraße 30 , D 48149 Münster , Germany
- São Carlos Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo , Av. Trabalhador Sãocarlense 400 , São Carlos , SP 13566-590 , Brazil
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Koch B, Kong ST, Gün Ö, Deiseroth HJ, Eckert H. Site preferences and ion dynamics in lithium chalcohalide solid solutions with argyrodite structure: I. A multinuclear solid state NMR study of the system Li6PS5-xSexI and of Li6AsS5I. Z PHYS CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1515/zpch-2021-3135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
Abstract
Abstract
A comprehensive multinuclear (7Li, 31P, 75As, 77Se, 127I) NMR study has been conducted to characterize local structural configurations and atomic distributions in the crystallographically ordered solid solutions of composition Li6PS5-x
Se
x
I (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) and in Li6AsS5I. Throughout the composition range, structural ordering between the atoms on the Wyckoff sites 4a and 4c is maintained, with the I− ions exclusively occupying the 4a sites. 31P magic-angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance (MAS NMR) can serve to differentiate between the various possible PS4-n
Se
n
3− tetrahedral units in a quantitative fashion, indicating a preference of P-S relative to P-Se bonding. Each individual PS4-n
Se
n
3− tetrahedron is represented by a peak cluster containing up to five resonances, representing the five different configurations in which the PCh4
3− units are surrounded by the four closest chalcogenide anions occupying the 4c sites; the distribution of S2− and Se2− over these sites is close to statistical. Non-linear 7Li chemical shift trends as a function of x are interpreted to indicate that the Coulombic traps created by sulfur-rich PS4-n
Se
n
3− ions (n ≥ 2) within the energy landscape of the lithium ions are deeper than those of the other anionic species present (i.e. selenium-richer PCh4
3− tetrahedra, isolated chalcogenide or iodide ions), causing the Li+ ions to spend on average more time near them. Temperature dependent static 7Li NMR linewidths measured on Li6PS5I and Li6AsS5I indicate a two-step motional narrowing process characterized by a clear dynamic distinction between a more rapid localized intra-cage process and a slower, long-range inter-cage process. In the solid solutions this differentiation gradually disappears, leading to an overall increase of lithium ionic mobility with increasing selenium content, which can be attributed to the influences of higher anionic polarizability and a widening of the lithium migration pathways caused by lattice expansion. Furthermore, the low-temperature phase transition in Li6PS5I, which tends to immobilize the lithium ions below 170 K, is suppressed in the solid solutions. The results offer interesting new insights into the -structure/ionic mobility correlations in this new class of compounds.
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- Barbara Koch
- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, WWU Münster , Corrensstraße 30 , D 48149 Münster , Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität Siegen , Adolf-Reichwein-Str. , 57068 Siegen , Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität Siegen , Adolf-Reichwein-Str. , 57068 Siegen , Germany
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- Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität Siegen , Adolf-Reichwein-Str. , 57068 Siegen , Germany
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, WWU Münster , Corrensstraße 30 , D 48149 Münster , Germany
- São Carlos Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo , Av. Trabalhador Sãocarlense 400 , São Carlos , SP 13566-590 , Brazil
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Hogrefe K, Hanghofer I, Wilkening HMR. With a Little Help from 31P NMR: The Complete Picture on Localized and Long-Range Li + Diffusion in Li 6PS 5I. THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, NANOMATERIALS AND INTERFACES 2021; 125:22457-22463. [PMID: 34712377 PMCID: PMC8543440 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c06242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2021] [Revised: 09/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
Li6PS5I acts as a perfect model substance to study length scale-dependent diffusion parameters in an ordered matrix. It provides Li-rich cages which offer rapid but localized Li+ translational jump processes. As jumps between these cages are assumed to be much less frequent, long-range ion transport is sluggish, resulting in ionic conductivities in the order of 10-6 S cm-1 at room temperature. In contrast, the site disordered analogues Li6PS5X (X = Br, Cl) are known as fast ion conductors because structural disorder facilities intercage dynamics. As yet, the two extremely distinct jump processes in Li6PS5I have not been visualized separately. Here, we used a combination of 31P and 7Li NMR relaxation measurements to probe this bimodal dynamic behavior, that is, ultrafast intracage Li+ hopping and the much slower Li+ intercage exchange process. While the first is to be characterized by an activation energy of ca. 0.2 eV as directly measured by 7Li NMR, the latter is best observed by 31P NMR and follows the Arrhenius law determined by 0.44 eV. This activation energy perfectly agrees with that seen by direct current conductivity spectroscopy being sensitive to long-range ion transport for which the intercage jumps are the rate limiting step. Moreover, quantitative agreement in terms of diffusion coefficients is also observed. The solid-state diffusion coefficient D σ obtained from conductivity spectroscopy agrees very well with that from 31P NMR (D NMR ≈ 4.6 × 10-15 cm2 s-1). D NMR was directly extracted from the pronounced diffusion-controlled 31P NMR spin-lock spin-lattice relaxation peak appearing at 366 K.
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Gadermaier B, Hogrefe K, Heitjans P, Wilkening HMR. Broadband impedance spectroscopy of Li
4
Ti
5
O
12
: from nearly constant loss effects to long‐range ion dynamics. Z Anorg Allg Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/zaac.202100143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Bernhard Gadermaier
- Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials Graz University of Technology Stremayrgasse 9 8010 Graz Austria
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- Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials Graz University of Technology Stremayrgasse 9 8010 Graz Austria
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry Leibniz Universität Hannover Callinstraße 3–3a 30167 Hannover Germany
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- Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials Graz University of Technology Stremayrgasse 9 8010 Graz Austria
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Kaup K, Bishop K, Assoud A, Liu J, Nazar LF. Fast Ion-Conducting Thioboracite with a Perovskite Topology and Argyrodite-like Lithium Substructure. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:6952-6961. [PMID: 33929830 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c00941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
We report a new fast ion-conducting lithium thioborate halide, Li6B7S13I, that crystallizes in either a cubic or tetragonal thioboracite structure, which is unprecedented in boron-sulfur chemistry. The cubic phase exhibits a perovskite topology and an argyrodite-like lithium substructure that leads to superionic conduction with a theoretical Li-ion conductivity of 5.2 mS cm-1 calculated from ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD). Combined single-crystal X-ray diffraction, neutron powder diffraction, and AIMD simulations elucidate the Li+-ion conduction pathways through 3D intra- and intercage connections and Li-ion site disorder, which are all essential for high lithium mobility. Furthermore, we demonstrate that Li+ ordering in the tetragonal polymorph impedes lithium-ion conduction, thus highlighting the importance of the lithium substructure and lattice symmetry in dictating transport properties.
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- Kavish Kaup
- Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering, and the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering, and the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering, and the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering, and the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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