Fabrication of ultrathin solid electrolyte membranes of β-Li3PS4 nanoflakes by evaporation-induced self-assembly for all-solid-state batteries

Wang, Hui; Hood, Zachary D.; Xia, Younan; Liang, Chengdu

doi:10.1039/C6TA02294D

Fabrication of ultrathin solid electrolyte membranes of β-Li₃PS₄ nanoflakes by evaporation-induced self-assembly for all-solid-state batteries

Journal Article · Mon Apr 25 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Journal of Materials Chemistry. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/C6TA02294D· OSTI ID:1265621

Wang, Hui ^[1]; Hood, Zachary D. ^[2]; Xia, Younan ^[3]; Liang, Chengdu ^[1]

Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences; Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States). School of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States). School of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States). Wallace H. Coulter Dept. of Biomedical Engineering; Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States). School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

All-solid-state lithium batteries are attractive candidates for next-generation energy storage devices because of their anticipated high energy density and intrinsic safety. Owing to their excellent ionic conductivity and stability with metallic lithium anodes, nanostructured lithium thiophosphate solid electrolytes such as β-Li₃PS₄ have found use in the fabrication of all-solid lithium batteries for large-scale energy storage systems. However, current methods for preparing air-sensitive solid electrolyte membranes of lithium thiophosphates can only generate thick membranes that compromise the battery's gravimetric/volumetric energy density and thus its rate performance. To overcome this limitation, the solid electrolyte's thickness needs to be effectively decreased to achieve ideal energy density and enhanced rate performance. In this paper, we show that the evaporation-induced self-assembly (EISA) technique produces ultrathin membranes of a lithium thiophosphate solid electrolyte with controllable thicknesses between 8 and 50 μm while maintaining the high ionic conductivity of β-Li₃PS₄ and stability with metallic lithium anodes up to 5 V. Finally, it is clearly demonstrated that this facile EISA approach allows for the preparation of ultrathin lithium thiophosphate solid electrolyte membranes for all-solid-state batteries.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF) (United States); USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1265621

Journal Information:: Journal of Materials Chemistry. A, Journal Name: Journal of Materials Chemistry. A Journal Issue: 21 Vol. 4; ISSN 2050-7488

Publisher:: Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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