Liquid‐Like Ionic Conduction in Solid Lithium and Sodium Monocarba‐<i>closo</i>‐Decaborates Near or at Room Temperature

Abstract

Both LiCB9H10 and NaCB9H10 exhibit liquid-like cationic conductivities (≥0.03 S cm−1) in their disordered hexagonal phases near or at room temperature. These unprecedented conductivities and favorable stabilities enabled by the large pseudoaromatic polyhedral anions render these materials in their pristine or further modified forms as promising solid electrolytes in next-generation, power devices.