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Li 3 TiCl 6 as ionic conductive and compressible positive electrode active material for all-solid-state lithium-based batteries.

Kai WangZhenqi GuZhiwei XiLv HuCheng Ma
Published in: Nature communications (2023)
The development of energy-dense all-solid-state Li-based batteries requires positive electrode active materials that are ionic conductive and compressible at room temperature. Indeed, these material properties could contribute to a sensible reduction of the amount of the solid-state electrolyte in the composite electrode, thus, enabling higher mass loading of active materials. Here, we propose the synthesis and use of lithium titanium chloride (Li 3 TiCl 6 ) as room-temperature ionic conductive (i.e., 1.04 mS cm -1 at 25 °C) and compressible active materials for all-solid-state Li-based batteries. When a composite positive electrode comprising 95 wt.% of Li 3 TiCl 6 is tested in combination with a Li-In alloy negative electrode and Li 6 PS 5 Cl/Li 2 ZrCl 6 solid-state electrolytes, an initial discharge capacity of about 90 mAh g -1 and an average cell discharge voltage of about 2.53 V are obtained. Furthermore, a capacity retention of more than 62% is attainable after 2500 cycles at 92.5 mA g -1 and 25 °C with an applied external pressure of 1.5 tons. We also report the assembly and testing of a "single Li 3 TiCl 6 " cell where this chloride material is used as the solid electrolyte, negative electrode and positive electrode.
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