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  • Materials Science
  • Electrochemistry
  • Solid-State Chemistry

Background:

  • Solid-state lithium-metal batteries offer high energy density but face challenges with brittle ceramic electrolytes.
  • Sintered ceramics have low fracture toughness, hindering thin-film electrolyte fabrication and battery operation.
  • Ceramic powders lack sufficient ionic conductivity due to poor inter-particle ion transport.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a method for enhancing Li+ conductivity in unsintered ceramic oxide electrolytes.
  • To overcome the limitations of brittleness and poor conductivity in ceramic materials for solid-state batteries.
  • To enable the fabrication of thin-film electrolytes for advanced Li-metal batteries.

Main Methods:

  • Coating ceramic oxide particles (e.g., Li7La3Zr2O12) with a uniform conjugated polymer.
  • Utilizing solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance to confirm polymer nanocoating formation and Li+ pathways.
  • Preparing thin-film electrolytes (<10 μm) using polymer-coated ceramic particles via tape-casting.

Main Results:

  • The polymer nanocoating creates efficient Li+ conduction pathways between ceramic particles in unsintered materials.
  • Tape-casted thin-film electrolytes exhibit sufficient ionic conductivity and a high Li+ transference number.
  • The developed electrolytes demonstrate a broad electrochemical window, enabling stable cycling in Li/Li cells and all-solid-state Li-metal batteries.

Conclusions:

  • Polymer nanocoating of ceramic particles is a viable strategy to enhance ionic conductivity in unsintered solid electrolytes.
  • This approach addresses the brittleness and conductivity issues of traditional ceramic electrolytes.
  • The developed thin-film electrolytes are promising for next-generation solid-state rechargeable Li-metal batteries.