This work reports structural and lithium-ion mobility studies in NASICON singleor multiple phase Li 1+x M x Ge 2−x (PO 4 ) 3 (M = Ga 3+ , Sc 3+ , Y 3+ ) glass-ceramics using solid-state NMR techniques, X-ray powder diffraction, and impedance spectroscopy.
X-ray powder diffraction data show the successful incorporation of Ga 3+ and Sc 3+into the Ge 4+ octahedral sites of the NASICON structure at the levels of x = 0.5 and 0.4, respectively. The glass-to-crystal transition was further characterized by multinuclear NMR and electrical conductivity measurements. Among the studied samples, the gallium-containing glass-ceramic presented the highest DC conductivity, 1.1 × 10 −4 S/cm at room temperature, whereas for the Sc-containing samples, the maximum room temperature conductivity that could be reached was 4.8 × 10 −6 S/ cm. No indications of any substitution of Ge 4+ by Y 3+ could be found. K E Y W O R D S ionic conductivity, nuclear magnetic resonance, phosphates, structure How to cite this article: d'Anciães Almeida Silva I, Nieto-Muñoz AM, Rodrigues ACM, Eckert H. Structure and lithium-ion mobility in Li 1.5 M 0.5 Ge 1.5 (PO 4 ) 3 (M = Ga, Sc, Y) NASICON glass-ceramics. J Am Ceram Soc. 2020;103:4002-4012. https ://doi.