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Cu在双离子Cu2X(X=S,Se)中的类固-类液扩散行为:非弹性中子散射和从头算分子动力学研究

Solid-like to Liquid-like Behavior of Cu Diffusion in Superionic Cu2X (X=S, Se): An Inelastic Neutron Scattering and Ab-Initio Molecular Dynamics Investigation

Sajan Kumar, M. K. Gupta, Prabhatasree Goel, R. Mittal, Olivier Delaire, A. Thamizhavel, S. Rols, S. L. Chaplot

摘要:

Cu 2Se和Cu 2S是具有大扩散系数的超离子导体的优良模型系统,已报道其表现出不同的固-液状Cu离子扩散。在本文中,我们澄清这些化合物的原子动力学与温度相关的从头算分子动力学(AIMD)模拟和非弹性中子散射(INS)实验。利用动力学结构因子和Van-Hove关联函数,我们询问了跳跃时间、跳跃长度分布和相关的扩散系数。在500 K下,我们发现在Cu-Cu_2Se中,Cu跳跃长度与晶体中~3 μ m的第一近邻Cu-Cu距离很好地匹配的固体扩散,并且清楚地定义了涉及Cu振动的光学声子。在700 K以上,跳跃长度分布变成一个宽的最大值,在4 μ m左右,跨越第一和第二相邻的晶格距离,并同时加宽的Cu-声子态密度。此外,高于900 K,Cu扩散变得接近液体状,Cu原子的分布连续连接晶体位点,而涉及Cu运动的振动模式是高度阻尼的,尽管仍然没有完全过阻尼的液体。在低温下,类固体扩散与先前的X射线衍射和准弹性中子散射实验一致,而类液体扩散的高温观察与先前的AIMD模拟一致。我们还报告AIMD模拟在Cu 2S的六方和立方超离子相,并观察类似的固体和液体扩散在低温和高温下,分别。计算的离子电导率与报道的实验值是在公平的协议。

英文摘要:

Cu2Se and Cu2S are excellent model systems of superionic conductors with large diffusion coefficients that have been reported to exhibit different solid-liquid-like Cu-ion diffusion. In this paper, we clarify the atomic dynamics of these compounds with temperature-dependent ab-initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) simulations and inelastic neutron scattering (INS) experiments. Using the dynamical structure factor and Van-Hove correlation function, we interrogate the jump-time, hopping length distribution and associated diffusion coefficients. In cubic-Cu2Se at 500 K, we find solid-like diffusion with Cu-jump lengths matching well the first-neighbour Cu-Cu distance of ~3 Å in the crystal, and clearly defined optic phonons involving Cu-vibrations. Above 700 K, the jump-length distribution becomes a broad maximum cantered around 4 Å, spanning the first and second neighbour lattice distances, and a concurrent broadening of the Cu-phonon density of states. Further, above 900 K, the Cu-diffusion becomes close to liquid-like, with distributions of Cu-atoms continuously connecting crystal sites, while the vibrational modes involving Cu motions are highly damped, though still not fully over-damped as in a liquid. At low temperatures, the solid-like diffusion is consistent with previous X-ray diffraction and quasielastic neutron scattering experiments, while the higher-temperature observation of the liquid-like diffusion is in agreement with previous AIMD simulations. We also report AIMD simulations in Cu2S in the hexagonal and cubic superionic phases, and observe similar solid and liquid-like diffusion at low- and high-temperatures, respectively. The calculated ionic-conductivity is in fair agreement with reported experimental values.

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