Cold Sintering–a New Approach to Reprocess Composite Electrolytes in All-Solid-State Lithium-Ion Battery

Thursday, 13 October 2022: 10:00
Room 224 (The Hilton Atlanta)
Y. C. Lan and E. D. Gomez (The Pennsylvania State University)
As all-solid-state lithium-ion batteries (ASSBs) start to dominate the electronic market, studies regarding to recycling spent batteries remain limited and uncomprehensive. The primary factor causing the failure of batteries is the loss of structural integrity in solid-state electrolytes (SSEs) with limited degradation in the active properties. A promising reprocessing strategy is to repair the fragmented structure. Herein, solid-state composite electrolytes, Li7La3Zr2O12 with polypropylene carbonate (PPC) and lithium perchlorate (LLZO–PPC–LiClO4), are reprocessed by cold sintering process. The low sintering temperature allows co-sintering ceramics with polymers and salts, thereby enabling densifying composite structures. Reprocessed LLZO–PPC–LiClO4 show densified microstructures with ionic conductivities above 10−4 Scm−1 at room temperature and good long-term stability at 0.1 mA h cm−2 over 2000 hours. The cold sintered full-cell, Li4Ti5O12/ reprocessed LLZO–PPC–LiClO4/LiFePO4, exhibits impressive electrochemical performance.