The structure of the NASICON-
like phase Li
2.5V
2(PO
4)
3 has been determined by X-rayand
neutron powder diffraction, demonstrating that it crystal
lizes in the space group
P2
1/
n(
a = 8.5539(4) Å;
b = 8.6099(4) Å;
c = 11.9825(5) Å;
= 90.002(7)
). Combined studies using
6,7Li MAS NMR, EPR, and ac impedance spectroscopy show that this pseudo-orthorhombiclattice represents a room-temperature analogue of the high-temperature orthorhombic phase
-Li
3Sc
2(PO
4)
3. Lithium disorder over partially vacant sites leads to enhanced ion mobi
lity.EPR spectroscopy confirms the presence of loca
lized V
4+ in the lattice, whose short-rangeorder with V
3+ gives rise to five resolvable Li shifts in the
6,7Li MAS NMR
spectrum. Theseshifts can be rationa
lized by consideration of the Fermi-contact interactions arising fromthe difference between V
3+ and V
4+ coup
ling in the three
lithium sites.