El-Shinawi, H. orcid.org/0000-0002-4743-5576, Paterson, G.W., MacLaren, D.A. et al. (2 more authors) (2016) Low-temperature densification of Al-doped Li7La3Zr2O12 : a reliable and controllable synthesis of fast-ion conducting garnets. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 5 (1). pp. 319-329. ISSN 2050-7488
Abstract
The application of Li7La3Zr2O12as a Li+solid electrolyte is hampered by the lack of a reliable procedure to obtain and densify the fast-ion conducting cubic garnet polymorph. Dense cubic Li7La3Zr2O12-type phases are typically formed as a result of Al-incorporation in an unreliable reaction with the alumina crucible at elevated temperatures of up to 1230 °C. High Al3+-incorporation levels are also believed to hinder the three-dimensional movement of Li+in these materials. Here, a new, facile hybrid sol-gel solid-state approach has been developed in order to accomplish reliable and controllable synthesis of these phases with low Al-incorporation levels. In this procedure, sol-gel processed solid precursors of Li7La3Zr2O12and Al2O3nanosheets are simply mixed using a pestle and mortar and allowed to react at 1100 °C for 3 h to produce dense cubic phases. Fast-ion conducting Al-doped Li7La3Zr2O12phases with the lowest reported Al3+-content (∼0.12 mol per formula unit), total conductivities of ∼3 × 104S cm1, bulk conductivities up to 0.6 mS and ion conduction activation energies as low as 0.27 eV, have been successfully achieved. The ease of lithium diffusion in these materials is attributed to the formation of dense cubic phases with low Al3+dopant ratios. This approach is applicable to Li7xLa3Zr2xTaxO12phases and opens up a new synthetic avenue to Li7La3Zr2O12-type materials with greater control over resulting characteristics for energy storage applications.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 The Royal Society of Chemistry. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (Sheffield) The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Materials Science and Engineering (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 02 Jul 2019 14:51 |
Last Modified: | 02 Jul 2019 14:51 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | The Royal Society of Chemistry |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1039/c6ta06961d |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:147662 |