Reduction of Grain Boundary Resistance of La0.5Li0.5TiO3 by the Addition of Organic Polymers

The organic solvents that are widely used as electrolytes in lithium ion batteries present safety challenges due to their volatile and flammable nature. The replacement of liquid organic electrolytes by non-volatile and intrinsically safe ceramic solid electrolytes is an effective approach to addres...

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Autores: Boyano, Iker, Mainar, Aroa R., Blázquez, J. Alberto, Kvasha, Andriy, Bengoechea, Miguel, Meatza, Iratxe de, García Martín, Susana, Varez Álvarez, Alejandro, Sanz, Jesús, García Alvarado, Flaviano
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/7896
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/7896
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:546
lithium lanthanum titanium oxide (LLTO)
grain boundary resistance
solid ceramicpolymer composite electrolyte
lithium ion conductivity
Química inorgánica (Química)
2303 Química Inorgánica
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Sumario:The organic solvents that are widely used as electrolytes in lithium ion batteries present safety challenges due to their volatile and flammable nature. The replacement of liquid organic electrolytes by non-volatile and intrinsically safe ceramic solid electrolytes is an effective approach to address the safety issue. However, the high total resistance (bulk and grain boundary) of such compounds, especially at low temperatures, makes those solid electrolyte systems unpractical for many applications where high power and low temperature performance are required. The addition of small quantities of a polymer is an efficient and low cost approach to reduce the grain boundary resistance of inorganic solid electrolytes. Therefore, in this work, we study the ionic conductivity of different composites based on non-sintered lithium lanthanum titanium oxide (La0.5Li0.5TiO3) as inorganic ceramic material and organic polymers with different characteristics, added in low percentage (<15 wt.%). The proposed cheap composite solid electrolytes double the ionic conductivity of the less cost-effective sintered La0.5Li0.5TiO3.