TY  - JOUR
AU  - Redhammer, Günther J.
AU  - Meven, Martin
AU  - Ganschow, Steffen
AU  - Tippelt, Gerold
AU  - Rettenwander, Daniel
TI  - Single-crystal neutron and X-ray diffraction study of garnet-type solid-state electrolyte Li$_6$La$_3$ZrTaO$_{12}$: an in situ temperature-dependence investigation (2.5 K ≤ T ≤ 873 K)
JO  - Acta crystallographica / B
VL  - 77
IS  - 1
SN  - 0108-7681
CY  - Oxford [u.a.]
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
M1  - FZJ-2021-05255
SP  - 123 - 130
PY  - 2021
AB  - Large single crystals of garnet-type Li6La3ZrTaO12 (LLZTO) were grown by the Czochralski method and analysed using neutron diffraction between 2.5 and 873 K in order to fully characterize the Li atom distribution, and possible Li ion mobility in this class of potential candidates for solid-state electrolyte battery material. LLZTO retains its cubic symmetry (space group Ia3d) over the complete temperature range.When compared to other sites, the octahedral sites behave as the most rigid unit and show the smallest increase in atomic displacement parameters and bond length. The La and Li sites show similar thermal expansion in their bond lengths with temperature, and the anisotropic and equivalent atomic displacement parameters exhibit a distinctly larger increase at temperatures above 400 K. Detailed inspection of nuclear densities at the Li1 site reveal a small but significant displacement from the 24d position to the typical 96h position, which cannot, however, be resolved from the single crystal X-ray diffraction data. The site occupation of LiI ions on Li1 and Li2 sites remains constant, so there is no change in site occupation with temperature.
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
UR  - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000618681800012
DO  - DOI:10.1107/S2052520620016145
UR  - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/903601
ER  -