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High-Humidity-Tolerant Chloride Solid-State Electrolyte for All-Solid-State Lithium Batteries.

Kai WangZhenqi GuHaoxuan LiuLv HuYing WuJie XuCheng Ma
Published in: Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) (2024)
Halide solid-state electrolytes (SSEs) hold promise for the commercialization of all-solid-state lithium batteries (ASSLBs); however, the currently cost-effective zirconium-based chloride SSEs suffer from hygroscopic irreversibility, low ionic conductivity, and inadequate thermal stability. Herein, a novel indium-doped zirconium-based chloride is fabricated to satisfy the abovementioned requirements, achieving outstanding-performance ASSLBs at room temperature. Compared to the conventional Li 2 ZrCl 6 and Li 3 InCl 6 SSEs, the hc-Li 2+x Zr 1-x In x Cl 6 (0.3 ≤ x ≤ 1) possesses higher ionic conductivity (up to 1.4 mS cm -1 ), and thermal stability (350 °C). At the same time, the hc-Li 2.8 Zr 0.2 In 0.8 Cl 6 also shows obvious hygroscopic reversibility, where its recovery rate of the ionic conductivity is up to 82.5% after 24-h exposure in the 5% relative humidity followed by heat treatment. Theoretical calculation and experimental results reveal that those advantages are derived from the lattice expansion and the formation of Li 3 InCl 6 ·2H 2 O hydrates, which can effectively reduce the migration energy barrier of Li ions and offer reversible hydration/dehydration pathway. Finally, an ASSLB, assembled with reheated-Li 2.8 Zr 0.2 In 0.8 Cl 6 after humidity exposure, single-crystal LiNi 0.8 Mn 0.1 Co 0.1 O 2 and Li-In alloy, exhibits capacity retention of 71% after 500 cycles under 1 C at 25 °C. This novel high-humidity-tolerant chloride electrolyte is expected to greatly carry forward the ASSLBs industrialization.
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