A sulphide lithium super ion conductor is superior to liquid ion conductors for use in rechargeable batteries?

Energy & Environmental Science Pub Date: 2013-12-16 DOI: 10.1039/C3EE41655K

Abstract

We report that a heat-treated Li2S–P2S5 glass-ceramic conductor has an extremely high ionic conductivity of 1.7 × 10?2 S cm?1 and the lowest conduction activation energy of 17 kJ mol?1 at room temperature among lithium-ion conductors reported to date. The optimum conditions of the heat treatment reduce the grain boundary resistance, and the influence of voids, to increase the Li+ ionic conductivity of the solid electrolyte so that it is greater than the conductivities of liquid electrolytes, when the transport number of lithium ions in the inorganic electrolyte is unity.

Graphical abstract: A sulphide lithium super ion conductor is superior to liquid ion conductors for use in rechargeable batteries
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