A universal wet-chemistry synthesis of solid-state halide electrolytes for all-solid-state lithium-metal batteries
Open Access
- 10 September 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science Advances
- Vol. 7 (37)
- https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abh1896
Abstract
Solid-state halide electrolytes have gained revived research interests owing to their high ionic conductivity and high-voltage stability. However, synthesizing halide electrolytes from a liquid phase is extremely challenging because of the vulnerability of metal halides to hydrolysis. In this work, ammonium-assisted wet chemistry is reported to synthesize various solid-state halide electrolytes with an exceptional ionic conductivity (>1 microsiemens per centimeter). Microstrain-induced localized microstructure change is found to be beneficial to lithium ion transport in halide electrolytes. Furthermore, the interfacial incompatibility between halide electrolytes and lithium metal is alleviated by transforming the mixed electronic/ionic conductive interface into a lithium ion–conductive interface. Such all-solid-state lithium-metal batteries (ASSLMBs) demonstrate a high initial coulombic efficiency of 98.1% based on lithium cobalt oxide and a high discharge capacity of 166.9 microampere hours per gram based on single-crystal LiNi0.6Mn0.2Co0.2O2. This work provides universal approaches in both material synthesis and interface design for developing halide-based ASSLMBs.This publication has 54 references indexed in Scilit:
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