Issue 31, 2024

Fusing Ta-doped Li7La3Zr2O12 grains using nanoscale Y2O3 sintering aids for high-performance solid-state lithium batteries

Abstract

Solid-state lithium batteries have advantages of high energy density and usage safety and are considered as promising next-generation power sources. Among them, the garnet-type oxide electrolyte has become a widely studied inorganic electrolyte due to its high ionic conductivity and chemical stability. In this paper, nanoscale Y2O3 (NYO) particles are introduced as sintering aids for fabricating Ta-doped Li7La3Zr2O12 (LLZTO) ceramics, and the sintering effects of various NYO ratios on the properties of LLZTO are investigated. Among the samples, the LLZTO-5%NYO sample exhibits the highest ionic conductivity (7.39 × 10−4 S cm−1) and the lowest activation energy (0.17 eV). At various current densities, the polarization voltage of LLZTO-5%NYO is also the lowest without a short circuit. The full cells of LFP|LLZTO-5%NYO|Li exhibit a high capacity of 163.9 mA h g−1 with a high initial coulombic efficiency of 97.4%, and the capacity retention rate is up to 98.1% after 50 cycles. This work may inspire the development of analogous solid-state electrolytes and lithium batteries.

Graphical abstract: Fusing Ta-doped Li7La3Zr2O12 grains using nanoscale Y2O3 sintering aids for high-performance solid-state lithium batteries

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
08 May 2024
Accepted
16 Jun 2024
First published
05 Jul 2024

Nanoscale, 2024,16, 14871-14878

Fusing Ta-doped Li7La3Zr2O12 grains using nanoscale Y2O3 sintering aids for high-performance solid-state lithium batteries

H. Zhang, Y. Wu, J. Zhu, X. Xie, Z. Liu, Z. Zhang, Y. Ma, T. Huang, L. Wang, J. Lin, Q. Xie and D. Peng, Nanoscale, 2024, 16, 14871 DOI: 10.1039/D4NR01992J

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