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Li-ion conductivity and stability of hot-pressed LiTa2PO8 solid electrolyte for all-solid-state batteries

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Solid-state electrolyte as a crucial component in all-solid-state batteries should have high Li-ion conductivity and good stability in air. Recently, a new solid Li-ion conductor LiTa2PO8 (LTPO) with theoretical and experimental Li-ion conductivities of 35.3 and 0.25 mS/cm has been reported. Herein, we systematically investigate the ionic conductivity and chemical stability of the LTPO electrolytes sintered by conventional sintering (CS) and hot-pressing sintering (HP) methods. The effects of Li sources, sintering temperature, and the dwelling time are concerned. LTPO pellets using CH3COOLi·2H2O as the Li source sintered by CS method have a room-temperature Li-ion conductivity of 1.86 × 10–4 S/cm with an activation energy of 0.36 eV. A conductivity of 3.12 × 10–4 S/cm with an activation energy of 0.32 eV is achieved by further HP sintering. Moreover, LTPO shows excellent chemical stabilities in air, aqueous solution, and organic solvent and shows a stable cycling performance in the symmetric Li/Li cells and the all-solid-state Li/LiFePO4 batteries with the separation of a thin PEO membrane.

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The authors acknowledge the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC-Nos. 51872159 and 51572145), Beijing Natural Science Foundation and Haidian original Innovation Foundation (No. L172039).

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  1. Key Laboratory for Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, People’s Republic of China

    Bing Huang & Zhihong Li

  2. State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, People’s Republic of China

    Bing Huang, Jingxi Zhang, Zeya Huang & Chang-An Wang

  3. Materials Science and Engineering Program, Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas At Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA

    Biyi Xu & Yutao Li

  4. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, Henan, People’s Republic of China

    Chang-An Wang

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Huang, B., Xu, B., Zhang, J. et al. Li-ion conductivity and stability of hot-pressed LiTa2PO8 solid electrolyte for all-solid-state batteries. J Mater Sci 56, 2425–2434 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-020-05324-9

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