Solid State Ionics, volume 319, pages 203-208

The origin of conductivity variations in Al-stabilized Li7La3Zr2O12 ceramics

A Wachter Welzl 1
J Kirowitz 1
R. Wagner 2
Stefan Smetaczek 1
G C Brunauer 1
Maximilian Bonta 1
Daniel Rettenwander 3
Stefanie Taibl 1
Andreas Limbeck 1
G. Amthauer 2
Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2018-06-01
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ISSN01672738
General Chemistry
Condensed Matter Physics
General Materials Science
Abstract
All-solid state batteries have the ability to bring us closer to a zero-emission society. Such battery systems, however, require a powerful solid Li-ion conductor with high stability and exceptionally high Li-ion conductivity. Cubic Li7La3Zr2O12 (LLZO) garnets are attractive candidates combining high ionic conductivity and thermal as well as electrochemical stability. Since the cubic LLZO polymorph is not stable at room temperature, supervalent cations, such as Al3+, are needed to stabilize the highly conductive phase. However, strong variations in conductivity values were reported even for very similar Al contents, which is critical for future battery applications. Therefore, the overall performance of 44 samples with nominally identical composition (Li6.40Al0.20La3Zr2O12), sintered at two different temperatures (1150 °C and 1230 °C, respectively) was analysed by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. The aim of this work is to elucidate the origin of the strong variations in conductivity reported in literature. This study shows that the effective conductivities of the LLZO samples vary between 2 × 10−5 and 8 × 10−4 S cm−1, which cannot be attributed to obvious differences in sample preparation. Furthermore, the stepwise reduction of the sample volume and repeated measuring of the impedance revealed conductivity variations even within a single sample. Finally, preliminary chemical analysis by laser ablation (LA) – inductively coupled plasma (ICP) – mass spectrometry (MS) identified Al inhomogeneities in LLZO, which may be responsible for conductivity variations of nominally equal samples.

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Wachter Welzl A. et al. The origin of conductivity variations in Al-stabilized Li7La3Zr2O12 ceramics // Solid State Ionics. 2018. Vol. 319. pp. 203-208.
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Wachter Welzl A., Kirowitz J., Wagner R., Smetaczek S., Brunauer G. C., Bonta M., Rettenwander D., Taibl S., Limbeck A., Amthauer G., Fleig J. The origin of conductivity variations in Al-stabilized Li7La3Zr2O12 ceramics // Solid State Ionics. 2018. Vol. 319. pp. 203-208.
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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.1016/j.ssi.2018.01.036
UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssi.2018.01.036
TI - The origin of conductivity variations in Al-stabilized Li7La3Zr2O12 ceramics
T2 - Solid State Ionics
AU - Wachter Welzl, A
AU - Kirowitz, J
AU - Wagner, R.
AU - Smetaczek, Stefan
AU - Brunauer, G C
AU - Bonta, Maximilian
AU - Rettenwander, Daniel
AU - Taibl, Stefanie
AU - Limbeck, Andreas
AU - Amthauer, G.
AU - Fleig, Jürgen
PY - 2018
DA - 2018/06/01 00:00:00
PB - Elsevier
SP - 203-208
VL - 319
SN - 0167-2738
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@article{2018_Wachter Welzl,
author = {A Wachter Welzl and J Kirowitz and R. Wagner and Stefan Smetaczek and G C Brunauer and Maximilian Bonta and Daniel Rettenwander and Stefanie Taibl and Andreas Limbeck and G. Amthauer and Jürgen Fleig},
title = {The origin of conductivity variations in Al-stabilized Li7La3Zr2O12 ceramics},
journal = {Solid State Ionics},
year = {2018},
volume = {319},
publisher = {Elsevier},
month = {jun},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssi.2018.01.036},
pages = {203--208},
doi = {10.1016/j.ssi.2018.01.036}
}
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