中国物理B ›› 2013, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (7): 78201-078201.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/22/7/078201

• INTERDISCIPLINARY PHYSICS AND RELATED AREAS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY • 上一篇    下一篇

Densification and lithium ion conductivity of garnet-type Li7-xLa3Zr2-xTaxO12 (x=0.25) solid electrolytes

曹阳, 李忆秋, 郭向欣   

  1. State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
  • 收稿日期:2013-01-04 修回日期:2013-01-22 出版日期:2013-06-01 发布日期:2013-06-01

Densification and lithium ion conductivity of garnet-type Li7-xLa3Zr2-xTaxO12 (x=0.25) solid electrolytes

Cao Yang (曹阳), Li Yi-Qiu (李忆秋), Guo Xiang-Xin (郭向欣)   

  1. State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
  • Received:2013-01-04 Revised:2013-01-22 Online:2013-06-01 Published:2013-06-01
  • Contact: Guo Xiang-Xin E-mail:XXGuo@mail.sic.ac.cn

摘要: The garnet-type Li7La3Zr2O12 ceramic is one of promising solid electrolytes for all-solid-state secondary lithium batteries. However, it faces problem of volatilization of lithium during sintering, which may cause low density and deterioration of ionic conductivity. In this work, the effects of sintering temperature and addition on the density as well as the lithium ion conductivity of Li7-xLa3Zr2-xTaxO12 (LLZTO, x=0.25) ceramics prepared by solid state reaction have been studied. It is found that optimization of the sintering temperature leads to a minor increase in the ceramic density, yielding an optimum ionic conductivity of 2.9×10-4 S·cm-1 at 25℃. Introduction of Li3PO4 addition in an appropriate concentration can obviously increase the density, leading to an optimum ionic conductivity of 7.2×10-4 S·cm-1 at 25℃. This value is superior to the conductivity data in most recent reports on the LLZTO ceramics.

关键词: garnet electrolyte, sintering temperature, sintering addition, ionic conductivity

Abstract: The garnet-type Li7La3Zr2O12 ceramic is one of promising solid electrolytes for all-solid-state secondary lithium batteries. However, it faces problem of volatilization of lithium during sintering, which may cause low density and deterioration of ionic conductivity. In this work, the effects of sintering temperature and addition on the density as well as the lithium ion conductivity of Li7-xLa3Zr2-xTaxO12 (LLZTO, x=0.25) ceramics prepared by solid state reaction have been studied. It is found that optimization of the sintering temperature leads to a minor increase in the ceramic density, yielding an optimum ionic conductivity of 2.9×10-4 S·cm-1 at 25℃. Introduction of Li3PO4 addition in an appropriate concentration can obviously increase the density, leading to an optimum ionic conductivity of 7.2×10-4 S·cm-1 at 25℃. This value is superior to the conductivity data in most recent reports on the LLZTO ceramics.

Key words: garnet electrolyte, sintering temperature, sintering addition, ionic conductivity

中图分类号:  (Lithium-ion batteries)

  • 82.47.Aa
66.10.Ed (Ionic conduction) 81.20.-n (Methods of materials synthesis and materials processing)