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- Title
Bonding Lithium Metal with Garnet Electrolyte by Interfacial Lithiophobicity/Lithiophilicity Transition Mechanism over 380 °C.
- Authors
Jin, Yang; Lu, Hongfei; Lyu, Nawei; Jiang, Xin; Zhang, Di; Zhang, Zili; Xu, Jing; Sun, Bin; Liu, Kai; Wu, Hui
- Abstract
Garnet electrolytes, possessing high ionic conductivity (10−4–10−3 S cm−1 at room temperature) and excellent chemical/electrochemical compatibility with lithium metal, are expected to be used in solid‐state lithium metal batteries. However, the poor solid–solid interfacial contact between lithium and garnet leads to high interfacial resistance, reducing the battery power capability and cyclability. Garnet electrolytes are commonly believed to be intrinsically lithiophilic, and lithiophobic Li2CO3 on the garnet surface accounted for the poor interfacial contact. Here, it is proposed that the interfacial lithiophobicity/lithiophilicity of garnets (LLZO, LLZTO) can be transformed above a temperature of ≈380 °C. This transition mechanism is also suitable for other materials such as Li2CO3, Li2O, stainless steel, and Al2O3. By using this transition mechanism, uniform and even lithium can be strongly bonded no‐surface‐treated garnet electrolytes with various shapes. The Li–LLZTO interfacial resistance can be reduced to ≈3.6 Ω cm2 and sustainably withstood lithium extraction and insertion for up to 2000 h at 100 µA cm−2. This high‐temperature lithiophobicity/lithiophilicity transition mechanism can help improve the understanding of lithium–garnet interfaces and build practical lithium–garnet solid–solid interfaces.
- Subjects
SUPERIONIC conductors; POLYELECTROLYTES; METAL bonding; GARNET; SOLID-solid interfaces; INTERFACIAL resistance; ELECTROLYTES; TRANSITION metals
- Publication
Small Methods, 2023, Vol 7, Issue 4, p1
- ISSN
2366-9608
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/smtd.202201140