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Stable all-solid-state Li-Te battery with Li3TbBr6 superionic conductor

Zhichao Zeng1,§, Xiaomeng Shi1,§, Mingzi Sun2, Hongtu Zhang1, Wei Luo3, Yunhui Huang3, Bolong Huang2 ( ), Yaping Du1( ), Chun-Hua Yan1,4,5
Tianjin Key Lab for Rare Earth Materials and Applications, Center for Rare Earth and Inorganic Functional Materials, Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Smart Sensing Interdisciplinary Science Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering, National Institute for Advanced Materials, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong 999077, China
Institute of New Energy for Vehicles, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, China
Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials, Chemistry and Applications, PKU-HKU Joint Laboratory in Rare Earth Materials and Bioinorganic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China

§ Zhichao Zeng and Xiaomeng Shi contributed equally to this work.

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Rare-earth (RE) based halide solid electrolytes (HSEs) are emerging materials for current developments of all-solid-state lithium batteries (ASSBs). We have reported the synthesis of RE-HSE Li3TbBr6 (LTbB) by vacuum evaporation-assisted method, which delivers high ionic conductivity, a wide electrochemical window, and good formability to support excellent cycling stability of ASSBs.

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Rare-earth (RE) halide solid electrolytes (HSEs) have been an emerging research area due to their good electrochemical and mechanical properties for all-solid-state lithium batteries (ASSBs). However, only very limited types of HSEs have been reported with high performance. In this work, tens of grams of RE-HSE Li3TbBr6 (LTbB) was synthesized by a vacuum evaporation-assisted method. The as-prepared LTbB displays a high ionic conductivity of 1.7 mS·cm−1, a wide electrochemical window, and good formability. Accordingly, the assembled solid lithium-tellurium (Li-Te) battery based on the LTbB HSE exhibits excellent cycling stability up to 600 cycles, which is superior to most previous reports. The processes and the chemicals during the discharge/charge of Li-Te batteries have been studied by various in situ and ex situ characterizations. Theoretical calculations have demonstrated the dominant conductivity contributions of the direct [octahedral]–[octahedral] ([Oct]–[Oct]) pathway for Li ion migrations in the electrolyte. The Tb sites guarantee efficient electron transfer while the Li 2s orbitals are not affected during migration, leading to a low activation barrier. Therefore, this successful fabrication and application of LTbB have offered a highly competitive solution for solid electrolytes in ASSBs, indicating the great potential of RE-based HSEs in energy devices.

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rare-earth halidesolid electrolytesall-solid-state lithium batteriessuperionic conductorLi-Te solid battery

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Nano Research
Volume 16 Issue 7,
July 2023
Pages 9344-9351
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-023-5559-4
Cite this article:
Zeng Z, Shi X, Sun M, et al. Stable all-solid-state Li-Te battery with Li3TbBr6 superionic conductor. Nano Research, 2023, 16(7): 9344-9351. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-023-5559-4
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Received: 29 November 2022
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Published: 13 March 2023
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