Sodium, Silver and Lithium-Ion Conducting β''-Alumina + YSZ Composites, Ionic Conductivity and Stability

Zhu, Liangzhu; Virkar, Anil V.

doi:10.3390/cryst11030293

Sodium, Silver and Lithium-Ion Conducting β''-Alumina + YSZ Composites, Ionic Conductivity and Stability

Journal Article · Tue Mar 16 00:00:00 EDT 2021 · Crystals

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst11030293· OSTI ID:1849484

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Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States). Materials Science & Engineering Dept.; Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo (China). Ningbo Inst. of Materials Technology & Engineering; Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)
Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States). Materials Science & Engineering Dept.

Na-β''-alumina (Na₂O.~6Al₂O₃) is known to be an excellent sodium ion conductor in battery and sensor applications. In this study we report fabrication of Na- β''-alumina + YSZ dual phase composite to mitigate moisture and CO₂ corrosion that otherwise can lead to degradation in pure Na-β''-alumina conductor. Subsequently, we heat-treated the samples in molten AgNO₃ and LiNO3 to respectively form Ag-β''-alumina + YSZ and Li-β''-alumina + YSZ to investigate their potential applications in silver- and lithium-ion solid state batteries. Ion exchange fronts were captured via SEM and EDS techniques. Their ionic conductivities were measured using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. Both ion exchange rates and ionic conductivities of these composite ionic conductors were firstly reported here and measured as a function of ion exchange time and temperature.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC); National Science Foundation (NSF); National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-03ER46086

OSTI ID:: 1849484

Journal Information:: Crystals, Journal Name: Crystals Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 11; ISSN CRYSBC; ISSN 2073-4352

Publisher:: MDPICopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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