Title
Effects of synthesis conditions on the structural, stability and ion conducting properties of Li0.30(La0.50Ln 0.50)0.567TiO3 (Ln=La, Pr, Nd) solid electrolytes for rechargeable lithium batteries
Date Issued
01 January 2014
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
The structure, thermal stability, morphology and ion conductivity of titanium perovskites with the general formula Li3xLn 2/3-xTiO3 (Ln=rare earth element; 3x=0.30) are studied in the context of their possible use as solid electrolyte materials for lithium ion batteries. Materials are prepared by a glycine-nitrate method using different sintering treatments, with a cation-disorder-induced structural transition from tetragonal to cubic symmetry, and are detected as quenching temperature increases. SEM images show that the average grain size increases with increasing sintering temperature and time. Slightly higher bulk conductivity values have been observed for quenched samples sintered at high temperature. Bulk conductivity decreases with the lanthanide ion size. A slight conductivity enhancement, always limited by grain boundaries, is observed for longer sintering times. TDX measurements of the electrolyte/cathode mixtures also show a good stability of the electrolytes in the temperature range of 30-1100 °C. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd and Techna Group S.r.l.
Start page
8761
End page
8768
Volume
40
Issue
6
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería de materiales
Química inorgánica, Química nuclear
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84897421348
Source
Ceramics International
ISSN of the container
02728842
Sponsor(s)
This research has been funded by the Consejer\u00EDa de Industria, Innovaci\u00F3n, Comercio y Turismo ( SAIOTEK 2012 programmes), by Dpto. Educaci\u00F3n, Pol\u00EDtica Ling\u00FC\u00EDstica y Cultura of the Basque Goverment (Grupos de Investigaci\u00F3n del Sistema Universitario Vasco 2013\u20132018; IT-630-13 ), by Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovaci\u00F3n ( MAT2010-15375 and MAT2012-30763 ) and by Ministerio de Econom\u00EDa y Fondos Feder ( MAT2010-19837-C06-06 ). The authors thank SGIker technical support (UPV/EHU, MEC, GV/EJ and European Social Fund). L.O.S.M. acknowledges the Departamento Ciencias, PUCP, for the allocation of research time.
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