A hexagonal analogue,
Li
6
SiO
4
Cl
2
, of the cubic lithium
argyrodite family of solid electrolytes is
isolated by a computation–experiment approach. We show that
the argyrodite structure is equivalent to the cubic antiperovskite
solid electrolyte structure through anion site and vacancy ordering
within a cubic stacking of two close-packed layers. Construction of
models that assemble these layers with the combination of hexagonal
and cubic stacking motifs, both well known in the large family of
perovskite structural variants, followed by energy minimization identifies
Li
6
SiO
4
Cl
2
as a stable candidate
composition. Synthesis and structure determination demonstrate that
the material adopts the predicted lithium site-ordered structure with
a low lithium conductivity of ∼10
–10
S cm
–1
at room temperature and the predicted hexagonal argyrodite
structure above an order–disorder transition at 469.3(1) K.
This transition establishes dynamic Li site disorder analogous to
that of cubic argyrodite solid electrolytes in hexagonal argyrodite
Li
6
SiO
4
Cl
2
and increases Li-ion mobility
observed via NMR and AC impedance spectroscopy. The compositional
flexibility of both argyrodite and perovskite alongside this newly
established structural connection, which enables the use of hexagonal
and cubic stacking motifs, identifies a wealth of unexplored chemistry
significant to the field of solid electrolytes.