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Lithium garnet based free-standing solid polymer composite membrane for rechargeable lithium battery

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Electrolytes with high lithium-ion conductivity, better mechanical strength and large electrochemical window are essential for the realization of high-energy density lithium batteries. Polymer electrolytes are gaining interest due to their inherent flexibility and nonflammability over conventional liquid electrolytes. In this work, lithium garnet composite polymer electrolyte membrane (GCPEM) consisting of large molecular weight (Wavg ~ 5 × 106) polyethylene oxide (PEO) complexed with lithium perchlorate (LiClO4) and lithium garnet oxide Li6.28Al0.24La3Zr2O12 (Al-LLZO) is prepared by solution-casting method. Significant improvement in Li+ conductivity for Al-LLZO containing GCPEM is observed compared with the Al-LLZO free polymer membrane. Maximized room temperature (30 °C) Li+ conductivity of 4.40 × 10−4 S cm−1 and wide electrochemical window (4.5 V) is observed for PEO8/LiClO4 + 20 wt% Al-LLZO (GCPEM-20) membrane. The fabricated cell with LiCoO2 as cathode, metallic lithium as anode and GCPEM-20 as electrolyte membrane delivers an initial charge/discharge capacity of 146 mAh g−1/142 mAh g−1 at 25 °C with 0.06 C-rate.

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The authors acknowledge Ministry of Heavy Industries, Government of India (No. 7/1/2013-AEI) and Applied Materials India Pvt. Ltd. for establishing laboratory facilities to carry out part of this work. The authors also acknowledge SERB-DST, New Delhi, India, for the support (EMR/2017/000417). One of the authors (KK) would like to acknowledge UGC-SRF New Delhi (23/12/2012(ii) EU-V), India, towards the financial support to carry out this work.

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Karthik, K., Murugan, R. Lithium garnet based free-standing solid polymer composite membrane for rechargeable lithium battery. J Solid State Electrochem 22, 2989–2998 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-018-4010-3

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