Published in

Wiley, Advanced Energy Materials, 39(11), 2021

DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202102086

Links

Tools

Export citation

Search in Google Scholar

Building a Better Li‐Garnet Solid Electrolyte/Metallic Li Interface with Antimony

This paper was not found in any repository, but could be made available legally by the author.
This paper was not found in any repository, but could be made available legally by the author.

Full text: Unavailable

Green circle
Preprint: archiving allowed
Orange circle
Postprint: archiving restricted
Red circle
Published version: archiving forbidden
Data provided by SHERPA/RoMEO

Abstract

AbstractThe deployment of Li‐garnet Li7La3Zr2O12 (LLZO) solid‐state electrolytes in solid‐state batteries is severely hampered by their poor wettability with metallic Li. In this work, Sb is presented as a compelling interfacial layer allowing superior wetting of Li onto a LLZO surface, resulting in a remarkably low Li/LLZO interfacial resistance of 4.1(1) Ω cm2. An atomistic insight into Sb‐coated LLZO interface using soft and hard X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy and focused ion beam time‐of‐flight secondary ion mass spectrometry shows the formation of a Li‐Sb alloy as an interlayer. It is determined that the Li/Sb‐coated LLZO/Li symmetrical cells exhibit a high critical current density of up to 0.64 mA cm−2 and low overpotentials of 40–50 mV at a current density of 0.2 mA cm−2 without applying external pressure. The electrochemical performance of Sb coated‐LLZO pellets is also assessed with an intercalation‐type V2O5 cathode. Li/Sb‐coated‐LLZO/V2O5 full cells deliver stable capacities of around 0.45 mAh cm−2, with a peak current density of 0.3 mA cm−2.