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Synthesis and characterization of high ionic-conductive sodium beta-alumina solid electrolyte derived from boehmite

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In this work, sodium beta-alumina solid electrolytes with high β″-Al2O3 content and high density are synthesized through solid-state reaction method employing boehmite as alumina sources. The influences of sodium oxide dosage on the phase component, texture structure, and ionic conductivity as well as the application performances in sodium ions battery for the synthesized beta-alumina electrolytes are investigated in detail. High β″-Al2O3 content of 94.6% and density of 97.8% are obtained for the electrolyte sinters through adding suitable excess of Na2O content, owing to the compensation of Na loss and the formation of molten state during the high-temperature sintering process. High ion conductivity of 1.16 × 10−2 S/cm at 350 °C is recorded for the beta-alumina electrolyte sinters, resulting from its high β″-Al2O3 content and density. The resultant beta-alumina electrolyte applied in Na3V2(PO4)3/Na battery delivers an initial discharge capacity of 80.5 mAh g−1 at 0.5 C and a high capacity retention of 79.25% after 100 cycles.

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We gratefully acknowledge the financial support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (no. 51777138), Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin City (nos. 18JCZDJC99700, 18JCYBJC87400 and 18JCQNJC73900), and Scientific Developing Foundation of Tianjin Education Commission (no. 2018KJ130).

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    Zehua Liu, Jingjing Chen & Xinxin Wang

  2. Key Laboratory of Display Materials and Photoelectric Devices, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, 300384, China

    Yingqi Wang, Dajian Wang & Zhiyong Mao

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Liu, Z., Chen, J., Wang, X. et al. Synthesis and characterization of high ionic-conductive sodium beta-alumina solid electrolyte derived from boehmite. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 31, 17670–17678 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-020-04321-7

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