Garnet solid-state electrolyte with benzenedithiolate catholyte for rechargeable lithium batteries.

A solid-state electrolyte, Li 6.4 La 3 Zr 1.4 Ta 0.6 O 12 (LLZTO), is used to block the crossover of lithium 1,2-benzenedithiolate (LBDT) in the catholyte to the lithium metal anode in a rechargeable lithium battery. The cell maintains a relatively stable cycle life (65.6% capacity retention after 100 cycles). The density functional theory simulation confirms that LBDT has strong interaction with LLZTO, which is helpful for reducing the interfacial resistance.