Defect Properties and Lithium Incorporation in Li 2 ZrO 3

Kobiny Antony Rex, Poobalasuntharam Iyngaran, Navaratnarajah Kuganathan and Alexander Chroneos
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Kobiny Antony Rex: Department of Chemistry, University of Jaffna, Sir. Pon Ramanathan Road, Thirunelvely, Jaffna 40000, Sri Lanka
Poobalasuntharam Iyngaran: Department of Chemistry, University of Jaffna, Sir. Pon Ramanathan Road, Thirunelvely, Jaffna 40000, Sri Lanka
Navaratnarajah Kuganathan: Department of Materials, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
Alexander Chroneos: Department of Materials, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 13, 1-11

Abstract: Lithium zirconate is a candidate material in the design of electrochemical devices and tritium breeding blankets. Here we employ an atomistic simulation based on the classical pair-wise potentials to examine the defect energetics, diffusion of Li-ions, and solution of dopants. The Li-Frenkel is the lowest defect energy process. The Li-Zr anti-site defect cluster energy is slightly higher than the Li-Frenkel. The Li-ion diffuses along the c axis with an activation energy of 0.55 eV agreeing with experimental values. The most favorable isovalent dopants on the Li and Zr sites were Na and Ti respectively. The formation of additional Li in this material can be processed by doping of Ga on the Zr site. Incorporation of Li was studied using density functional theory simulation. Li incorporation is exoergic with respect to isolated gas phase Li. Furthermore, the semiconducting nature of LZO turns metallic upon Li incorporation.

Keywords: Li 2 ZrO 3; defects; diffusion; dopants; DFT; classical simulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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