Solid-state lithium battery cathodes operating at low pressures

Xiangwen Gao, Boyang Liu, Bingkun Hu, Ziyang Ning, Dominic spencer Jolly, Shengming Zhang, Johann Perera, Junfu Bu, Junliang Liu, Christopher Doerrer, Ed Darnbrough, David E.J. Armstrong, Patrick S. Grant, Peter G. Bruce*

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Abstract

Many studies of solid-state battery cathodes employ high stack pressures and low current densities. In practice, cells operating at current densities in the mA cm−2 range at stack pressures of a few MPa are required. Here, we show the influence of the composite cathode components LiNi0.83Mn0.06Co0.11O2, Li3InCl6, and carbon nanofibers, operating at 2-MPa stack pressure and find that the overall composite cathode capacity is determined primarily by the conductivity of the solid electrolyte. Higher conductivities reduce the mass of the solid electrolyte required to access a high capacity from the active material (high utilization), enabling higher active material loadings and higher overall capacities. Cycling between 2.6 and 4.2 V rather than 4.4 V reduces the LiNi0.83Mn0.06Co0.11O2 volume change from 6% to 2.5%, achieving 94% rather than 65% capacity retention after 50 cycles for a reduction in capacity of only 14%.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)636-646
Number of pages11
JournalJoule
Volume6
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 16 Mar 2022

Bibliographical note

Acknowledgments:
P.G.B. is indebted to the Faraday Institution SOLBAT (FIRG007 and FIRG008), as well as the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Enabling Next Generation Lithium Batteries (EP/M009521/1), the University of Oxford experimental equipment upgrade (EP/M02833X/1), and the Henry Royce Institute for Advanced Materials (EP/R0066X/1, EP/S019367/1, and EP/R010145/1) for financial support.

Keywords

  • composite cathode
  • solid-state batteries
  • chloride solid electrolyte
  • volume change

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