Cubic phases of garnet-type Li7La3Zr2O12: the role of hydration
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- 1 January 2013
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of Materials Chemistry A
- Vol. 1 (37), 11419-11428
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c3ta11996c
Abstract
We address the controversial issue of the structural stability of Li7La3Zr2O12 garnets, focusing on the mechanisms that result in the transformation from tetragonal to cubic symmetry. We show that undoped tetragonal Li7La3Zr2O12 not exposed to humidity at any moment undergoes a reversible phase transition to cubic symmetry at Tc 645 °C that we ascribe to lithium dynamic effects. On the other hand, a close correlation has been found between the appearance of a cubic phase between 100 and 200 °C in X-ray diffractograms and the presence of water, either in the atmosphere in which experiments are performed or already in the starting material. The natures of the high and low-temperature cubic garnets are totally different: the one found above the phase transition does not involve any change in the stoichiometry, whereas the cubic phase formed at low temperature is a hydrated, lithium defective phase, due to the combined effect of water insertion into the garnet structure and the H+/Li+ exchange mechanism. Differences in the actual compositions of the samples depending on their thermal history are corroborated by TG-MS experiments. Chemical reactions and phases formed along the thermal evolution are elucidated with the help of Raman spectroscopy.Keywords
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