Thursday, 23 June 2016
Riverside Center (Hyatt Regency)
Tightly connected interface between individual active material particles and solid state electrolytes with large surface area is strongly required for the achievement of high-performance all-solid-state Li ion rechargeable batteries (ASS-LIBs). In this work, we performed flux growth of Li3BO3/Li6.75La3Zr1.75Nb0.25O12 composite electrolytes and LiCoO2/Li3BO3/Li6.75La3Zr1.75Nb0.25O12 composites electrodes under various composition rate at 1000 oC.Powder XRD profiles and cross-sectional SEM images revealed that individual LiCoO2 and Li6.75La3Zr1.75Nb0.25O12 single crystals were homogeneously dispersed in amorphous Li3BO3 matrix without formation of any sub-phase at the interphase even though the crystal growth process was performed under 1000 oC for 5h. The each crystals size and the relative density of the composite was increased as increasing time and temperature. The relative density was maximally 92%. Indicating that small volumetric amount of Li3BO3 plays a key rule for insulating the direct contact of LiCoO2 with Li6.75La3Zr1.75Nb0.25O12 as well as for assisting the enhancement of relative density of composites relied on liquid-state sintering principle. The Li ion conductivity of the composite electrolyte with ca. 700 mm thick was 2.0×10-4 S/cm at room temperature, and the composite electrodes with ca. 700 mm thick was 1.1×10-4 S/cm, as evaluated by AC-impedance spectroscopy. We believe that the flux co-growth of LiCoO2 single crystals and Li6.75La3Zr1.75Nb0.25O12 single crystals in a molten Li3BO3 glass resulted in the formation of smart interface which provide efficient Li+ transfer. We also characterized their all-solid-state LIBs properties.