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Suppressing Reactivity of Sulfides in Solution Processing Enables Scalable Manufacturing of Thin, Flexible and Stable Solid-State Electrolytes

Wednesday, 6 March 2019
Areas Adjacent to the Forum (Scripps Seaside Forum)
D. H. S. Tan, A. Banerjee, Z. Deng, E. Wu, H. Nguyen, J. M. Doux, X. Wang, J. H. Cheng, S. P. Ong, S. Meng, and Z. Chen (University of California, San Diego)
All solid-state batteries (ASSBs) have the potential to deliver higher energy densities, wider operating temperature range and improved safety compared with today’s liquid electrolyte-based batteries. However, they still face challenges that limit their commercialization resulting from thick solid-state electrolytes (SSEs), and poor processability due to their unstable chemistries. Existing studies on solvent-binder based casting methods to reduce SSE thickness and improve processability still lack crucial fundamental understanding of the behavior and selection criteria for different SSE-binder-solvent systems. In this work, we attempt to isolate various SSE-binder-solvent system behaviors and study their chemical and electrochemical compatibilities using both bulk and surface sensitive characterization tools. With these findings, we introduce a novel binder-solvent combination that significantly reduces SSE thickness (~50 µm) and improves processability of ASSBs while maintaining high ionic conductivity (0.7 mS cm-1). The resulting organic/inorganic composite SSE was found to be stable against lithium metal by plating and stripping over 2000 hours at 0.11 mA cm-2 and 1.1 mAh cm-2. This study suggests the importance of understanding fundamental SSE-binder-solvent interactions and provides a potential design strategy for scalable production of ASSBs.