We present an investigation of the phase stability, electrochemical stability and Li + conductivity in the Li 10±1 MP 2 X 12 (M = Ge, Si, Sn, Al or P, and X = O, S or Se) family of but at the expense of reduced electrochemical stability. We also studied the effect of lattice parameter changes on the Li + conductivity and found the same asymmetry in behavior between increases and decreases in the lattice parameters, i.e., decreases in the lattice parameters lower the Li + conductivity significantly, while increases in the lattice parameters increase the Li + conductivity only marginally. Based on these results, we conclude that the size of the S 2− is near optimal for Li + conduction in this structural framework.