Printable, high-performance solid-state electrolyte films

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2020-11-18

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Ping, W., Wang, C., Wang, R., Dong, Q., Lin, Z., Brozena, A. H., Dai, J., Luo, J., & Hu, L. (2020). Printable, high-performance solid-state electrolyte films. Science Advances, 6(47).

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Current ceramic solid-state electrolyte (SSE) films have low ionic conductivities (10−8 to 10−5 S/cm ), attributed to the amorphous structure or volatile Li loss. Herein, we report a solution-based printing process followed by rapid (~3 s) high-temperature (~1500°C) reactive sintering for the fabrication of high-performance ceramic SSE films. The SSEs exhibit a dense, uniform structure and a superior ionic conductivity of up to 1 mS/cm. Furthermore, the fabrication time from precursor to final product is typically ~5 min, 10 to 100 times faster than conventional SSE syntheses. This printing and rapid sintering process also allows the layer-by-layer fabrication of multilayer structures without cross-contamination. As a proof of concept, we demonstrate a printed solid-state battery with conformal interfaces and excellent cycling stability. Our technique can be readily extended to other thin-film SSEs, which open previously unexplores opportunities in developing safe, high-performance solid-state batteries and other thin-film devices.

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Partial funding for Open Access provided by the UMD Libraries' Open Access Publishing Fund.

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