llzo neutrons · where the lithium sits from Zakaria Kharbouch's thesis to neutron and synchrotron beam time · Abdessamad Faik (UM6P), Irene Urcelay-Olabarria and Josu M. Igartua (EHU) · November 2026

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The thesis and its review

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kharbouch-v4 Z. Kharbouch, Advancing All-Solid-State Batteries: Design and Ionic Conductivity Analysis of Novel LLZO-Based Solid-State Electrolytes, PhD thesis, UM6P (LIMSET), supervisors A. Faik and M. Chakir; manuscript MC-AF-V4.0, 17 October 2026, 163 pp. Defended 3 November 2026. read 2026-11-03
Chapters I.2, II.4, III, IV and the Conclusions read in full here; the printed version V5.0 (30 October) not yet on this Mac
Every number of the fact base; every 'thesis says' of the gaps.
igartua-l2 J. M. Igartua, referee's Level-2 analysis of the thesis (V3.0 → V4.0), 22 October 2026; defence notes of 3 November 2026. read 2026-11-03 The crystallographic weak points that become G04, G07 and G09; the defence question on Y and Zr.
kharbouch-2023 Two raw laboratory patterns sent by Z. Kharbouch in 2023: Li6.6Ga0.2La2.9Ba0.1Zr1.9Sc0.1O12 and Li6.5Ga0.2La2.9Y0.1Zr1.9Sc0.1O12, Cu Kα, 5–80° 2\(\theta\), step \(\approx 0.0102\)°. read 2026-11-03 Preliminary data for the proposals.

Structures and tables

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buschmann2011 H. Buschmann et al., Structure and dynamics of the fast lithium ion conductor "Li7La3Zr2O12", Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 13 (2011) 19378–19392; COD 7215448 (Al₀.₁₉₆Li₆.₀₆\(\mathrm{La_{3}Zr_{2}O_{12}}\), Ia-3d, neutrons, SPODI, FRM II, 1.548 Å).
doi: 10.1039/c1cp22108f
read 2026-11-03
the CIF read here; the paper not read here
Starting coordinates and displacement parameters of the I-43d model (Contrast page).
sears1992 V. F. Sears, Neutron scattering lengths and cross sections, Neutron News 3 (1992) 26–37.
doi: 10.1080/10448639208218770
checked 2026-11-03
values as carried by diff-ref-struct's table (CrysFML) for b; absorption cross sections from the same table, from memory
Scattering lengths and absorption (Contrast page).
drs diff-ref-struct, the Rietveld application of J. M. Igartua (EHU); core binary drs, build of 2 November 2026: drs sf (structure factors, X-rays and neutrons, CrysFML tables), drs simulate, joint refinement module.
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read 2026-11-03 Every structure factor of the Contrast page; the refinements of P1–P2.

Facilities (read on their own pages, 3 November 2026)

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ill-d2b ILL, D2B characteristics and instrument layout.
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checked 2026-11-03 P1.
ill-d20 ILL, D20 characteristics and instrument layout.
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checked 2026-11-03 P3.
ill-access ILL, standard access, types of beamtime access, Director's Discretionary Time, associates and scientific members, reactor cycles.
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checked 2026-11-03 The two-thirds rule, the deadline of 15 February 2027, cycle 202.
ill-crg ILL, D1B (CNRS–CSIC) and XtremeD (INMA–CSIC) characteristics; Institut Néel, D1B calls.
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checked 2026-11-03 The Spanish routes for P3.
esrf-id22 ESRF, ID22 beamline and technical description; ID22 upgrade paper (J. Synchrotron Rad., PMC10481261).
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checked 2026-11-03 P2.
esrf-xas ESRF, BM23, BM25 SpLine (how to apply), BM08 LISA, BM20 ROBL beamline pages.
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checked 2026-11-03 P4 and the edge coverage.
esrf-access ESRF, proposal types and deadlines; BAG and HUB proposals; members and associates; non-contracting countries; operation schedule 2027 (approved 5 May 2026).
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checked 2026-11-03 Deadlines, membership, the 2027 runs.
battery-hub ESRF news, Launch of the Grenoble Battery Hub (ESRF, ILL, CEA), 24 November 2021; ESRF EuBat pilot HUB.
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checked 2026-11-03 A later route for a long-term project.

Literature: Ga-LLZO structure by neutrons and single crystals (DOIs seen on Crossref or PubMed Central, 3 November 2026; abstracts read, full texts not)

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wagner2016 R. Wagner, G. J. Redhammer, D. Rettenwander, A. Senyshyn, W. Schmidt, M. Wilkening, G. Amthauer, Crystal structure of garnet-related Li-ion conductor Li7−3xGaxLa3Zr2O12: fast Li-ion conduction caused by a different cubic modification?, Chem. Mater. 28 (2016) 1861–1871.
doi: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b00038
checked 2026-11-03
PMC4806310; single-crystal XRD and NPD at SPODI (MLZ)
\(I\bar{4}3d\) above x(Ga) \(\approx 0.07\), Ga on 12a. The thesis's ref. [9]. G01.
rettenwander2016 D. Rettenwander et al., Structural and electrochemical consequences of Al and Ga cosubstitution in Li7La3Zr2O12 solid electrolytes, Chem. Mater. 28 (2016) 2384–2392.
doi: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b00579
checked 2026-11-03
PMC4836877; NPD at ILL D20
\(I\bar{4}3d\) from Ga \(\ge 0.15\), Ga/Al enriched on 12a: the ILL precedent. G01, P3.
vema2023 S. Vema, A. H. Berge, S. Nagendran, C. P. Grey, Clarifying the dopant local structure and effect on ionic conductivity in garnet solid-state electrolytes for lithium-ion batteries, Chem. Mater. 35 (2023) 9632–9646.
doi: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c01831
checked 2026-11-03
PMC10687891; title from memory of the record, to confirm; Diamond I11 and ²⁷Al/⁷¹Ga NMR
At Ga0.2Li6.3La3Zr2O12 Ga only on 24d (\(Ia\bar{3}d\)); \(\mathrm{LiGaO_{2}}\) with Li excess. G01, G09.
christopher2023 T. D. Christopher, T. Zhang, S. Huang, Z. Zujovic, M. Avdeev, P. Cao, T. Söhnel, J. Alloys Compd. 968 (2023) 172078.
doi: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2023.172078
checked 2026-11-03
ANSTO repository PDF; NPD on ECHIDNA, 25–600 °C
Ga–Ta LLZO with 15 wt% Li excess, as in the thesis; refined Li \(6.66 \to 4.94\) with Ga; zirconia vessels. G01, G02.
meesala2019 Y. Meesala et al., J. Mater. Chem. A 7 (2019) 8589–8601 (Ta, Ta–Ba and Ta–Ba–Ga LLZO).
doi: 10.1039/c9ta00417c
checked 2026-11-03
joint XRD + NPD from a search snippet; instrument not seen
The neutron precedent closest to the Ga–Ba–Ta series: novelty limits. G02, G06.
robben2016 L. Robben, E. Merzlyakova, P. Heitjans, T. M. Gesing, Acta Cryst. E 72 (2016) 287–289 (Li6.43Ga0.52La2.67Zr2O12, \(I\bar{4}3d\)).
doi: 10.1107/S2056989016001924
checked 2026-11-03 Single-crystal Ga-LLZO, a = 12.9681 Å. G01.
rettenwander2014 D. Rettenwander, C. A. Geiger, M. Tribus, P. Tropper, G. Amthauer, Inorg. Chem. 53 (2014) 6264–6269.
doi: 10.1021/ic500803h
checked 2026-11-03 Ga-LLZO single phase to x = 0.53, then \(\mathrm{La_{2}Zr_{2}O_{7}}\) + \(\mathrm{LiGaO_{2}}\). G09.
howard2012 M. A. Howard et al., Dalton Trans. 41 (2012) 12048 (La3Zr2Ga0.5Li5.5O12; H⁺/Li⁺ exchange).
doi: 10.1039/c2dt31318a
checked 2026-11-03 Ga tetrahedral; ageing in air. G08.
bernuy2014 C. Bernuy-López, W. Manalastas, J. M. López del Amo, A. Aguadero, F. Aguesse, J. A. Kilner, Chem. Mater. 26 (2014) 3610–3617.
doi: 10.1021/cm5008069
checked 2026-11-03 Dry-atmosphere sintering of Ga-LLZO avoids Li⁺/H⁺ exchange. G08, P0.

Literature: lithium, dopants and pathways

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geiger2011 C. A. Geiger et al., Crystal chemistry and stability of "Li7La3Zr2O12" garnet, Inorg. Chem. 50 (2011) 1089–1097.
doi: 10.1021/ic101914e
checked 2026-11-03 Al from crucibles stabilises cubic LLZO. The thesis's ref. [7]. G03.
xie2011 H. Xie, J. A. Alonso, Y. Li, M. T. Fernández-Díaz, J. B. Goodenough, Chem. Mater. 23 (2011) 3587–3589.
doi: 10.1021/cm201671k
checked 2026-11-03 Neutron diffraction of Al-free cubic LLZO; Li ordering. G02.
han2012 J. Han et al., Chem. Commun. 48 (2012) 9840 (high-temperature neutron diffraction and MEM of LLZO).
doi: 10.1039/c2cc35089k
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⁷Li sample and HIPPO (LANSCE) from a snippet of the supporting information
Li pathway maps at high temperature. G10, P3.
thompson2015 T. Thompson et al., Adv. Energy Mater. 5 (2015) 1500096 (Li site occupancy in Ta-LLZO by neutrons).
doi: 10.1002/aenm.201500096
checked 2026-11-03 Carrier concentration set by site occupancy. G02.
chen2015 Y. Chen, E. Rangasamy, C. Liang, K. An, Chem. Mater. 27 (2015) 5491–5494 (Li vacancies by neutrons, VULCAN).
doi: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b02521
checked 2026-11-03 Dopants set the number and place of vacancies. G02.
mukhopadhyay2015 S. Mukhopadhyay et al., Chem. Mater. 27 (2015) 3658–3665 (Al and Ta in LLZO: neutrons, XRD, Raman, DFT).
doi: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b00362
checked 2026-11-03 Structure tracks the actual dopant stoichiometry: ICP is needed. P0.
redhammer2021b G. J. Redhammer, M. Meven, S. Ganschow, G. Tippelt, D. Rettenwander, Acta Cryst. B 77 (2021) 123–130 (single-crystal neutrons, Li6La3ZrTaO12, 2.5–873 K, HEiDi).
doi: 10.1107/S2052520620016145
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PMC7941284
Li1 displaced from 24d towards 96h, invisible to X-rays. G10.
buannic2017 L. Buannic et al., Dual substitution strategy to enhance Li⁺ ionic conductivity in Li7La3Zr2O12 solid electrolyte, Chem. Mater. 29 (2017) 1769–1778.
doi: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b05369
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title from memory, to confirm
Ga + Sc LLZO, 1.8 mS \(\mathrm{cm}^{-1}\), no neutrons: the precedent of the Sc family. G07.
hitz2013 G. T. Hitz, E. D. Wachsman, V. Thangadurai, J. Electrochem. Soc. 160 (2013) A1248–A1255 (Y-doped LLZO).
doi: 10.1149/2.088308jes
checked 2026-11-03 Y on Zr argued from lattice expansion only. G04.
inada2016 R. Inada et al., Front. Energy Res. 4 (2016) 28 (Ba and Ta co-doped LLZO).
doi: 10.3389/fenrg.2016.00028
checked 2026-11-03 Single cubic up to 0.30 Ba: against the thesis's limit. G06.
tian2022 Y. Tian, Y. Zhou, W. Wang, Y. Zhou, Ceram. Int. 48 (2022) 963–970 (Ga–Ba co-doped LLZO).
doi: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2021.09.181
checked 2026-11-03 \(\mathrm{BaZrO_{3}}\) between grains. G06.
wu2017 J.-F. Wu, W. K. Pang, V. K. Peterson, L. Wei, X. Guo, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 9 (2017) 12461–12468 (Li6.20Ga0.30La2.95Rb0.05Zr2O12).
doi: 10.1021/acsami.7b00614
checked 2026-11-03 Rb on the La site at 0.05 only. G06.
amores2024 M. Amores, P. J. Baker, E. J. Cussen, S. A. Cussen, Mater. Adv. 5 (2024) 8826–8835 (Li6La2BaTa2O12, XAS and μSR).
doi: 10.1039/d4ma00679h
checked 2026-11-03 The closest XAS study of a doped garnet. P4.

Literature: protons, synthesis, total scattering

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orera2016 A. Orera, G. Larraz, J. A. Rodríguez-Velamazán, J. Campo, M. L. Sanjuán, Inorg. Chem. 55 (2016) 1324–1332 (neutron diffraction of Li7−xHxLa3Zr2O12).
doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b02708
checked 2026-11-03 Hydration gives an acentric \(I\bar{4}3d\) phase: the confound of G05 and G08.
redhammer2021a G. J. Redhammer, G. Tippelt, A. Portenkirchner, D. Rettenwander, Crystals 11 (2021) 721.
doi: 10.3390/cryst11070721
checked 2026-11-03 Li⁺/H⁺ exchange from the first air exposure, Ga-LLZO like Al-LLZO. G08.
redhammer2022 G. J. Redhammer, G. Tippelt, D. Rettenwander, Acta Cryst. C 78 (2022) 1–6.
doi: 10.1107/S2053229621012250
checked 2026-11-03 48e Li extracted first on hydrothermal treatment. G08.
rao2015 R. P. Rao, W. Gu, N. Sharma, V. K. Peterson, M. Avdeev, S. Adams, Chem. Mater. 27 (2015) 2903–2910 (in situ neutron diffraction of LLZO synthesis).
doi: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b00149
checked 2026-11-03 LLZO forms from a carbonate melt. P5.
chen2015b Y. Chen, E. Rangasamy, C. dela Cruz, C. Liang, K. An, J. Mater. Chem. A 3 (2015) 22868–22876 (in situ neutron diffraction during synthesis).
doi: 10.1039/c5ta04902d
checked 2026-11-03 Residual phases from \(\mathrm{Li_{2}CO_{3}}\) evaporation. G09, P5.
tian2023 H. L. Tian et al., J. Mater. Chem. A 11 (2023) 25516–25533 (neutron and X-ray total scattering of cubic LLZO, RMC + MD).
doi: 10.1039/d3ta04495e
checked 2026-11-03 The only PDF study of LLZO, undoped. G11, P5.