Spark Plasma Sintering of Lithium Aluminum Germanium Phosphate Solid Electrolyte and its Electrochemical Properties
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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SPS Sintering Temperature (°C) | 600 | 650 | 700 | 650 |
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Measured density (g cm−3) | 3.219 | 3.477 | 2.495 | 2.430 |
Relative density (%) * | 90.4 | 97.6 | 70.1 | 68.2 |
SSEs | Preparation Method | Preparation Condition | Density (g cm−3) | Relative Density (%) | Ionic Conductivity (S cm−1) | Activation Energy (eV) | Ref. |
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Li1.5Al0.5Ge1.5(PO4)3 | hot press + post-calcination | 600 °C, 1 h, 200 MPa + 800 °C, 5h | 3.33 | 93.5 | 1.64 × 10−4 | 0.299 | [31] |
Li1.3Al0.3Ge1.7(PO4)3 | dry-pressing + post-calcination | 5 min, 20 MPa + 750 °C, 5 h | 3.18 | 89.3 | 3.4 × 10−4 | 0.330 | [43] |
Li1.70Al0.61Ge1.35 P3.04O12.0 | cold press + sintering | 800 °C, 6 h | 3.02 | 84.8 | 2.3 × 10−4 | 0.320 | [42] |
Li1.31Al0.42Ge1.52P3.09O12.1 | quenched glass piece + sintering | 500 °C, 1 h | 3.08 | 86.5 | Too low to be measured | N/A | [42] |
Li1.5Al0.5Ge1.5(PO4)3 | melt-quench + post crystallization | 800 °C, 8 h | N/A | N/A | 5 × 10−4 | 0.280 | [44] |
Li1.5Al0.5Ge1.5(PO4)3 | cold press + sintering | 200 MPa + 850 °C, 5 h | N/A | N/A | 2.99 × 10−4 | N/A | [45] |
Li1.5Al0.5Ge1.5(PO4)3 | SPS | 650 °C, 10 min, 100 MPa | 3.477 | 97.6 | 3.29 × 10−4 | 0.239 | This work |
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Zhu, H.; Prasad, A.; Doja, S.; Bichler, L.; Liu, J. Spark Plasma Sintering of Lithium Aluminum Germanium Phosphate Solid Electrolyte and its Electrochemical Properties. Nanomaterials 2019, 9, 1086. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9081086
Zhu H, Prasad A, Doja S, Bichler L, Liu J. Spark Plasma Sintering of Lithium Aluminum Germanium Phosphate Solid Electrolyte and its Electrochemical Properties. Nanomaterials. 2019; 9(8):1086. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9081086
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhu, Hongzheng, Anil Prasad, Somi Doja, Lukas Bichler, and Jian Liu. 2019. "Spark Plasma Sintering of Lithium Aluminum Germanium Phosphate Solid Electrolyte and its Electrochemical Properties" Nanomaterials 9, no. 8: 1086. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9081086