Coordination-Assisted Precise Construction of Metal Oxide Nanofilms for High-Performance Solid-State Batteries.
Sijie GuoYutao LiBing LiNicholas S GrundishAn-Min CaoYong-Gang SunYan-Song XuYanglimin JiYan QiaoQinghua ZhangFan-Qi MengZhi-Hao ZhaoDong WangXing ZhangLin GuXiqian YuLi-Jun WanPublished in: Journal of the American Chemical Society (2022)
The application of solid-state batteries (SSBs) is challenged by the inherently poor interfacial contact between the solid-state electrolyte (SSE) and the electrodes, typically a metallic lithium anode. Building artificial intermediate nanofilms is effective in tackling this roadblock, but their implementation largely relies on vapor-based techniques such as atomic layer deposition, which are expensive, energy-intensive, and time-consuming due to the monolayer deposited per cycle. Herein, an easy and low-cost wet-chemistry fabrication process is used to engineer the anode/solid electrolyte interface in SSBs with nanoscale precision. This coordination-assisted deposition is initiated with polyacrylate acid as a functional polymer to control the surface reaction, which modulates the distribution and decomposition of metal precursors to reliably form a uniform crack-free and flexible nanofilm of a large variety of metal oxides. For demonstration, artificial Al 2 O 3 interfacial nanofilms were deposited on a ceramic SSE, typically garnet-structured Li 6.5 La 3 Zr 1.5 Ta 0.5 O 12 (LLZT), that led to a significant decrease in the Li/LLZT interfacial resistance (from 2079.5 to 8.4 Ω cm 2 ) as well as extraordinarily long cycle life of the assembled SSBs. This strategy enables the use of a nickel-rich LiNi 0.83 Co 0.07 Mn 0.1 O 2 cathode to deliver a reversible capacity of 201.5 mAh g -1 at a considerable loading of 4.8 mg cm -2 , featuring performance metrics for an SSB that is competitive with those of traditional Li-ion systems. Our study demonstrates the potential of solution-based routes as an affordable and scalable manufacturing alternative to vapor-based deposition techniques that can accelerate the development of SSBs for practical applications.
Keyphrases
- solid state
- ion batteries
- low cost
- ionic liquid
- electron transfer
- reduced graphene oxide
- molecular dynamics simulations
- perovskite solar cells
- healthcare
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- room temperature
- risk assessment
- drug discovery
- quality improvement
- metal organic framework
- human health
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- oxide nanoparticles