Properties of Li1.3Al0.3Ti1.7(PO4)3 Lithium-Conducting Ceramics Synthesized by Spark Plasma Sintering

G. B. Kunshina; Куншина Г. Б.; O. O. Shichalin; Шичалин О. О.; A. A. Belov; Белов А. А.; E. K. Papynov; Папынов Е. К; I, V. Bocharova; Бочарова И. В.; O. B. Shcherbina; Щербина О. Б.

doi:10.31857/S0424857023030064

Properties of Li1.3Al0.3Ti1.7(PO4)3 Lithium-Conducting Ceramics Synthesized by Spark Plasma Sintering

Authors: Kunshina G.B.¹, Shichalin O.O.², Belov A.A.², Papynov E.K.², Bocharova I.V.¹, Shcherbina O.B.¹
Affiliations:
1. Tananaev Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Rare Elements and Mineral Raw Materials, Kola Science Center, Russian Academy of Sciences
2. Far Earsten Federal University
Issue: Vol 59, No 3 (2023)
Pages: 124-133
Section: Articles
URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0424-8570/article/view/139241
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S0424857023030064
EDN: https://elibrary.ru/HWRSMR
ID: 139241

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Results on the synthesis of lithium-conducting ceramics Li1.3Al0.3Ti1.7(PO4)3 by the method of spark plasma sintering (SPS) are presented. In the first stage, the monophase Li1.3Al0.3Ti1.7(PO4)3 solid-electrolyte powder is synthesized from the nitrate-peroxide precursor. Its subsequent consolidation by the SPS method provides the formation of ceramics with the high Li-ionic conductivity and the density on the level of 97–98%. The microstructure and the electrochemical properties of the Li1.3Al0.3Ti1.7(PO4)3 ceramics are studied.

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lithium-ion conducting solid electrolyte, spark plasma sintering, ionic conductivity, electrochemical impedance, microstructure

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