@article{be2c21bb3383411f83674552861d4f7a,
title = "Stabilizing lithium and sodium fast-ion conduction in solid polyhedral-borate salts at device-relevant temperatures",
abstract = "By a variety of techniques including X-ray powder diffraction, quasielastic neutron scattering, and AC impedance, we have probed the effect of mechanical milling on the phase behaviors of the different lithium and sodium closo-borate salt compounds containing B12H122-, B10H102-, and CB11H12- anions. We have found that the crystallite-size reduction and disordering effects of such milling enables the room-T stabilization of their high-T-like superionic-conducting phases. This demonstrates a viable strategy for better exploiting the impressive cation mobilities that are typically restricted to somewhat higher temperatures for this class of compounds.",
keywords = "Ball-milling, Closo-borate, Nanostructure, Phase transition, Superionic conductor",
author = "Tang, {Wan Si} and Motoaki Matsuo and Hui Wu and Vitalie Stavila and Atsushi Unemoto and Orimo, {Shin Ichi} and Udovic, {Terrence J.}",
note = "Funding Information: This work was performed, in part, in collaboration between members of IEA HIA Task 32 Hydrogen-based Energy Storage. The authors gratefully acknowledge support from the Collaborative Research Center on Energy Materials, Tohoku University ; the Advanced Low Carbon Technology Research and Development Program (ALCA) from the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) , and JSPS KAKENHI under Grant Nos. 25220911 and 26820311 . This work used facilities supported, in part, by the NSF under Agreement No. DMR-0944772 . The mention of all commercial suppliers in this paper and supplementary material is for clarity and does not imply the recommendation or endorsement of these suppliers by NIST. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.",
year = "2016",
month = jul,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/j.ensm.2016.03.004",
language = "English",
volume = "4",
pages = "79--83",
journal = "Energy Storage Materials",
issn = "2405-8297",
publisher = "Elsevier BV",
}