Interfaces between Ceramic and Polymer Electrolytes: A Comparison of Oxide and Sulfide Solid Electrolytes for Hybrid Solid-State Batteries
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. The LPS/PEO10:LiTFSI Interface
2.2. The LLZTO/PEO10:LiTFSI Interface
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Materials
4.2. Electrochemical Characterisation
4.3. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
4.4. Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Temperature/°C | Interfacial Resistance/kΩ·cm2 | |
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LLZTO | LPS | |
10 | 1540 | 37 |
30 | 496 | 2 |
50 | 79 | negligible |
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Spencer Jolly, D.; Melvin, D.L.R.; Stephens, I.D.R.; Brugge, R.H.; Pu, S.D.; Bu, J.; Ning, Z.; Hartley, G.O.; Adamson, P.; Grant, P.S.; et al. Interfaces between Ceramic and Polymer Electrolytes: A Comparison of Oxide and Sulfide Solid Electrolytes for Hybrid Solid-State Batteries. Inorganics 2022, 10, 60. https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics10050060
Spencer Jolly D, Melvin DLR, Stephens IDR, Brugge RH, Pu SD, Bu J, Ning Z, Hartley GO, Adamson P, Grant PS, et al. Interfaces between Ceramic and Polymer Electrolytes: A Comparison of Oxide and Sulfide Solid Electrolytes for Hybrid Solid-State Batteries. Inorganics. 2022; 10(5):60. https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics10050060
Chicago/Turabian StyleSpencer Jolly, Dominic, Dominic L. R. Melvin, Isabella D. R. Stephens, Rowena H. Brugge, Shengda D. Pu, Junfu Bu, Ziyang Ning, Gareth O. Hartley, Paul Adamson, Patrick S. Grant, and et al. 2022. "Interfaces between Ceramic and Polymer Electrolytes: A Comparison of Oxide and Sulfide Solid Electrolytes for Hybrid Solid-State Batteries" Inorganics 10, no. 5: 60. https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics10050060