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Growth and characterization of Li3xLa2/3−xTiO3 single crystals with various Li compositions

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Li3xLa2/3−xTiO3 (LLT) single crystals with different Li compositions (x = 0.042–0.120) were grown by the traveling solvent floating zone (TSFZ) method. Because this material exhibits incongruent melting behavior, solvent of La2Ti2O7-poor composition rather than Li-rich LLT composition for a LLT feed was used. Crack- and inclusion-free single crystals were obtained for all the compositions. The Li composition in the grown crystals was lower than the nominal composition due to vaporization in the melt during growth. In addition, the anisotropic ionic conductivity of the annealed crystal was maximum at a Li composition of x = 0.059. The ionic conductivity along [100], σ[100] = 1.75 × 10–3 S·cm−1, is higher than that of [001], σ[001] = 7 × 10–4 S·cm−1, and the anisotropy σ[100]/σ[001] was determined to be 2.5.

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This work was partly supported by JSPS KAKENHI, Grant Number 20K15377, 22H04609 and 23K13823, and the Graduate Program for Power Energy Professionals, Waseda University, from the MEXT WISE Program. The authors also gratefully acknowledge technical support from Ruma Parvin at the Independent University.

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    Yuki Maruyama, Kohei Okanda, Masanori Nagao, Satoshi Watauchi & Isao Tanaka

  2. Department of Physics, Pabna University of Science and Technology, Pabna, 6600, Bangladesh

    Md. Shahajan Ali

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Maruyama, Y., Ali, M.S., Okanda, K. et al. Growth and characterization of Li3xLa2/3−xTiO3 single crystals with various Li compositions. J Solid State Electrochem (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-023-05739-9

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