A potentiometric sensor device based on screen-printed Nasicon films was investigated. In order to transfer the promising sensor concept of an open sodium titanate reference to thick film technology, "sodium-rich" and "sodium-poor" formulations were compared. While the "sodium-rich" composition was found to react with the ion conducting Nasicon during thermal treatment, the "sodium-poor" refere...

We report the electrochemical performance of porous NASICON-type Li3Fe2(PO4)3 thin films to be used as a cathode for Li-ion microbatteries. Crystalline porous NASICON-type Li3Fe2(PO4)3 layers were obtained by radio frequency sputtering with an annealing treatment. The thin films were characterized by XRD, SEM, and electrochemical techniques. The chronoamperometry experiments showed that a disch...

Universal dielectric response (UDR) and nearly constant loss (NCL) dispersive regimes have been investigated in fast ion conductors with perovskite and NASICON structure by using NMR and impedance spectroscopy (IS). In this study, the electrical behavior of La(0.5)Li(0.5)TiO3 (LLTO-05) perovskite and Li(1.2)Ti(1.8)Al(0.2)(PO4)3 (LTAP0-02) NASICON compounds was investigated. In both systems a th...

All the known chromium(III) NASICON-related phosphates are considered to be solid solutions. In these compounds chromium atoms share their position in the basic framework of the crystal lattice with other structure forming elements such as zirconium. In our study, we have hypothesised a completely new way of structural organisation of the chromium(III) zirconium(IV) NASICON framework, consistin...

Iron(iii) sulfate, a rhombohedral NASICON compound, has been demonstrated as a sodium intercalation host. This cost-effective material is attractive, as it can be slurry processed in bulk with ball-milling, while utilizing the iron 2(+)/3(+) redox couple, offering stable 3.2 V performance for over 400 cycles.

A surge of interest has been brought to all-solid-state batteries (ASSBs) as they show great prospects for enabling higher energy density and improved safety compared conventional liquid batteries. Na Super Ionic CONductors (NaSICONs) proposed by Goodenough Hong in 1976 are the most promising materials class Na-based ASSBs owing their excellent ion conductivity (>1 mS cm−1), high thermal chemic...

Single crystals of the title compound, tris-odium divanadium(III) tris-(orthophosphate), were grown from a self-flux in the system Na(4)P(2)O(7)-NaVP(2)O(7). Na(3)V(2)(PO(4))(3) belongs to the family of NASICON-related structures and is built up from isolated [VO(6)] octa-hedra (3. symmetry) and [PO(4)] tetra-hedra (.2 symmetry) inter-linked via corners to establish the framework anion [V(2)(PO...

The solid solution, sodium [iron(III)/manganese(II)] tris-(orthophosphate), Na₃.₄Mn₀.₄Fe₁.₆(PO₄)₃, was obtained using a flux method. Its crystal structure is related to that of NASICON-type compounds. The [(Mn/Fe)₂(PO₄)₃] framework is built up from an (Mn/Fe)O₆octa-hedron (site symmetry 3.), with a mixed Mn/Fe occupancy, and a PO₄ tetra-hedron (site symmetry .2). The Na⁺ cations are distributed...

NASICON (sodium (Na) superionic conductor) compounds have attracted considerable attention as promising solid electrolyte materials for advanced Na-based batteries. In this study, we investigated the improvement in ionic conductivities of von-Alpen-type (vA-NASICON) ceramic electrolytes by introducing a magnesium ion (Mg2+) heterogeneous element. The optimal Mg-doped vA-NASICON exhib...