@article{31689, author = {Ziqin Rong and Penghao Xiao and Miao Liu and Wenxuan Huang and Daniel C Hannah and William Scullin and Kristin A Persson and Gerbrand Ceder}, title = {Fast Mg 2+ diffusion in Mo 3 (PO 4 ) 3 O for Mg batteries}, abstract = {

In this work, we identify a new potential Mg battery cathode structure Mo3(PO4)3O, which is predicted to exhibit ultra-fast Mg2+ diffusion and relatively high voltage based on first-principles density functional theory calculations. Nudged elastic band calculations reveal that the migration barrier of the percolation channel is only ∼80 meV, which is remarkably low, and comparable to the best Li-ion conductors. This low barrier is verified by ab initio molecular dynamics and kinetic Monte Carlo simulations. The voltage and specific energy are predicted to be ∼1.98 V and ∼173 W h kg−1, respectively. If confirmed by experiments, this material would have the highest known Mg mobility among inorganic compounds.

}, year = {2017}, journal = {Chemical Communications}, volume = {53}, pages = {7998 - 8001}, month = {06/2017}, issn = {1359-7345}, doi = {10.1039/C7CC02903A}, language = {eng}, }