Issue 51, 2021, Issue in Progress

Lithium-ion transport in inorganic active fillers used in PEO-based composite solid electrolyte sheets

Abstract

In this study, we evaluated the properties exhibited by a composite solid electrolyte (CSE) prepared via tailoring the particle size of an active filler, Li6.4La3Zr1.4Ta0.6O12 (LLZTO). The average particle size was reduced to 2.53 μm via ball milling and exhibited a specific surface area of 3.013 m2 g−1. Various CSEs were prepared by combining PEO and LLZTO/BM-LLZTO. The calculated lithium ionic conductivity of the BM-LLZTO CSE was 6.0 × 10−5 S cm−1, which was higher than that exhibited by the LLZTO CSE (4.6 × 10−5 S cm−1). This result was confirmed via 7Li nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) analysis, during which lithium-ion transport pathways varied as a function of the particle size. NMR analysis showed that when BM-LLZTO was used, the migration of Li ions through the interface occurred at a fast rate owing to the small size of the constituent particles. During the Li/CSEs/Li symmetric cell experiment, the BM-LLZTO CSE exhibited lower overvoltage characteristics than the LLZTO CSE. A comparison of the characteristics exhibited by the LFP/CSEs/Li cells confirmed that the cells using BM-LLZTO exhibited high discharge capacity, rate performance, and cycling stability irrespective of the CSE thickness.

Graphical abstract: Lithium-ion transport in inorganic active fillers used in PEO-based composite solid electrolyte sheets

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
17 Aug 2021
Accepted
15 Sep 2021
First published
27 Sep 2021
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2021,11, 31855-31864

Lithium-ion transport in inorganic active fillers used in PEO-based composite solid electrolyte sheets

Y. Song, K. Heo, J. Lee, D. Hwang, M. Kim, S. Kim, J. Kim and J. Lim, RSC Adv., 2021, 11, 31855 DOI: 10.1039/D1RA06210G

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