Fabrication of high-density and translucent Al-containing garnet, Li7–xLa3Zr2–xTaxO12 (LLZTO) solid-state electrolyte by pressure filtration and sintering
- Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)
Garnet type LLZTO ceramic oxide is a promising solid-state electrolyte for use in Li-ion batteries because it has good chemical stability, adequate mechanical strength. However, lithium dendrite growth still needs to be addressed. The opacity of the solid electrolyte hinders in-situ investigation of dendrite growth. Therefore, semi-transparent LLZTO with high-density is needed. Here, the traditional fabrication process for the garnet type LLZTO is cumbersome, and dense LLZTO disks with high transparency are difficult to fabricate. In this work, Al-LLZTO powder was made by solid-state reaction. A wet ceramic processing method, pressure filtration followed by sintering, was developed to make dense LLZTO with high ionic conductivity (1.47 × 10–4 S/cm) and adequate transmittance (17–23%) to visible light from 500 to 800 nm to observe and monitor dendrite growth.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FG02-03ER46086
- OSTI ID:
- 1865161
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1780345
- Journal Information:
- Solid State Ionics, Vol. 364; ISSN 0167-2738
- Publisher:
- ElsevierCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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