In recent years, an intensive research has been conducted to introduce the solid-state electrolytes for the future Li-ion batteries [1-2]. In this work we prepared a ceramic electrolyte Li6.5 La2.5 Ba0.5 Nb Zr O12(LLBNZO) and sintered pellets of as-prepared material at elevated temperature ranging from 1050 to 1200 0C. The objective of this research was to observe the effect of temperature on porosity, density and transport properties of materials. Preliminary results suggest that the material sintered at higher temperature could show enhanced performance in terms of fast ionic transport. This enhancement in performance can be attributed to low porosity of materials which is result of high temperature sintering.

References:

1- V. Thangadurai, D. Pinzaru, S. Narayanan, and A. K. Baral, "Fast Solid-State Li Ion Conducting Garnet-Type Structure Metal Oxides for Energy Storage," J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 6, 292−299 (2015).

2- J. Schwenzel, V. Thangadurai and  W. Weppner , 'Developments of High-Voltage All-Solid-State Thin-Film Lithium Ion Batteries,' J. Power Sources 154, 232-238 (2006).