The crystal structures of NASICON compositions Z
2TiM(PO
4)
3 (Z = Na, Li; M = Cr, Fe)were investigated through powder neutron diffraction on the beam lines D1A (
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= 1.9104Å) and D2B (
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= 1.5924 Å) at ILL, Grenoble, France. Na
2TiCr(PO
4)
3 and Na
2TiFe(PO
4)
3 areisostructural. They crystallize in the space group
R
c, with the sodium ions being located inthe M1 (
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~ 1) and M2 sites (
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~
1/
3). NASICON Li
1.6Na
0.4TiCr(PO
4)
3 and Li
1.6Na
0.4TiFe(PO
4)
3 were prepared through ion exchange from the sodium analogues. They crystallize inthe space group
R![](/images/entities/thremacr.gif)
, with the lithium ions being located in the M3 tetrahedral site. Theremaining, unexchanged, sodium ions are still located on the M1 site. Electrochemicalinsertion of sodium or lithium into these structures was followed through slow intermittenttitration techniques coupled with
in situ X-ray diffraction. We show that for bothNa
2+xTiM(PO
4)
3 and Li
1.6+xNa
0.4TiM(PO
4)
3 (0
x ![](/images/entities/le.gif)
1 for M = Cr, 0
x ![](/images/entities/le.gif)
2 for M = Fe), theinsertion proceeds through a single-phase mechanism.