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Thermal properties and ionic conductivity of Li1,3Ti1,7Al0,3(PO4)3 solid electrolytes sintered by field-assisted sintering

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Li1,3Ti0,7Al0,3(PO4)3 (LATP) powder was obtained by a conventional melt-quenching method and consolidated by field-assisted sintering technology (FAST) at different temperatures. Using this technique, the samples could be sintered to relative densities in the range of 93 to 99 % depending on the sintering conditions. Ionic and thermal conductivity were measured and the results are discussed under consideration of XRD and SEM analyses. Thermal conductivity values of 2 W/mK and ionic conductivities of 4 × 10−4 Scm−1 at room temperature were obtained using relatively large particles and a sintering temperature of 1000 °C at an applied uniaxial pressure of 50 MPa.

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We thank the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft for financing parts of this work (DFG contract number HO1165/18-1) and we also thank Paul Zielonka and Jan Meyer for their support in the experiments.

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    E. C. Bucharsky, K. G. Schell, T. Hupfer & M. J. Hoffmann

  2. Institute for Applied Materials (IAM) - Applied Materials Physics (IAM-AWP), Karlsruhe Institute of Technologie (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany

    M. Rohde & H. J. Seifert

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Bucharsky, E.C., Schell, K.G., Hupfer, T. et al. Thermal properties and ionic conductivity of Li1,3Ti1,7Al0,3(PO4)3 solid electrolytes sintered by field-assisted sintering. Ionics 22, 1043–1049 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-015-1628-3

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