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Interface modification between Ta, Al-doped Li7La3Zr2O12 solid electrolyte and LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2 cathode in all-solid-state batteries

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The critical issue of high resistance at the interface between cathode and solid electrolyte for creating all-solid-state power sources can be addressed by introducing a low-melting additive (Li3BO3) and lithium-conducting solid electrolyte (Li7La3Zr2O12) in the LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2 cathode mass. The chemical and thermal stability of the solid electrolyte in contact with LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2 and Li3BO3 was studied using XRD and DSC analysis. It was found that the introduction of 5 wt% Li3BO3 in LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2 leads to a close contact between the solid electrolyte and cathode and a decrease in the interfacial resistance from 45000 to 85 Ω cm2 at 300 °C compared to pure LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2. The addition of 5 wt% lithium-conductive electrolyte to the cathode mass does not lead to significant changes in interface resistance. No degradation processes in the components of the experimental cell with composite cathode and Li anode were found during electrochemical experiments.

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The research has been carried out with the equipment of the Shared Access Center “Composition of Compounds” of the Institute of High Temperature Electrochemistry. This work was supported by RFBR and Sverdlovsk region, project number 20-43-660015.

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Il’ina, E.A., Druzhinin, K.V., Kuznetsova, T.A. et al. Interface modification between Ta, Al-doped Li7La3Zr2O12 solid electrolyte and LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2 cathode in all-solid-state batteries. J Mater Sci 58, 4070–4081 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-023-08268-y

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