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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
Volume 447, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2022.137538
Keywords
Surface treatment; Li-Garnet; Solid-state electrolyte; Solid-state battery
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [52175301, 52001099]
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This study proposes a high-speed mechanical polishing method to address the interfacial issues caused by Li2CO3 impurities in solid-state lithium batteries. The polishing improves the contact of the Li/LLZTO interface, reduces interfacial resistance, and enhances Li-ion transport. Li cells assembled with polished LLZTO demonstrate good cycling stability, while SSLBs with LiFePO4 cathode exhibit superior discharge capacity and cycling performance.
Solid-state lithium batteries (SSLBs) with garnet-type Li6.5La3Zr1.5Ta0.5O12 (LLZTO) are one of the most promising candidates for next-generation energy storage system due to their high safety and high stability against Li metal. However, the poor interfacial contact of Li/LLZTO interface induced by Li2CO3 surface impurity hinders its practical application. Herein, interface engineering enabled by high-speed mechanical polishing (HMP) method is proposed to remove impurities on porous LLZTO surface and retrieve its lithiophilicity. The strong centrifugal force provided by the high rotation speed promotes the complete removal of Li2CO3 impurity and accelerates the Li-ion transport at Li/LLZTO interface, reducing the interfacial resistance to 28.15 & U omega & BULL;cm2 under ultraclean interface, which is comparable to the state-of-the-art surface treatments. Symmetric Li cells assembled with high-speed (5000 rpm) polished LLZTO exhibit a critical current density of 1.91 mA.cm-2 and excellent cycling stability for 1200 h at 0.1 mA.cm-2. SSLBs with LiFePO4 cathode achieve a superior stable cycling performance with a high discharge capacity of 138.6 mA.h.g(-1) and a capacity retention of 89.5% after 500 cycles (0.2C). This work guides a new understanding for obtaining lithiophilic Li/LLZTO interface through a simple, low-cost, and high-efficient polishing strategy, which is potentially utilized for large-scale industrial production of SSLBs.
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