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Lithium-Metal-Anode-Based Solid-State Batteries

A special issue of Batteries (ISSN 2313-0105). This special issue belongs to the section "Battery Modelling, Simulation, Management and Application".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 August 2023) | Viewed by 4730

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Dr. Fengyu Shen

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Energy Storage & Distributed Resources Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Interests: solid-state batteries; solid oxide fuel/electrolysis cells
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Dear Colleagues,

Solid-state batteries are attracting significant interest due to their safety, use of Li metal anodes, high energy density, and innovative processing routes. These properties are critical for the widespread adoption of electric vehicles. The adoption of lithium metal anodes is one of the main solutions to achieve high energy density due to their ultrahigh theoretical specific capacity (3960 mAh/g), low density (0.59 g/cm3), and lowest negative electrochemical potential (−3.040 V vs. the standard hydrogen electrode). Expectations for solid-state batteries are high, but there are significant challenges to overcome, such as high interfacial resistance on the cathode side and low critical current density, as well as high cost to scale-up.

In this Special Issue, we are looking for contributions helping to enhance the performance of solid-state batteries, understand failure mechanisms, and predict performance through modeling.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

  • Novel materials, structures, and concepts;
  • Enhanced cell performance;
  • Advanced solid electrolytes for Li metal anode batteries;
  • Scale-up;
  • Modeling;
  • Advanced characterizations.

Dr. Fengyu Shen
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • solid electrolyte
  • lithium metal anode
  • solid-state battery
  • cathode
  • dendrite
  • interfacial resistance

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Cross-Linked Solid Polymer-Based Catholyte for Solid-State Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
by Annelise Jean-Fulcrand, Eun Ju Jeon, Schahrous Karimpour and Georg Garnweitner
Batteries 2023, 9(7), 341; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries9070341 - 23 Jun 2023
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All-solid-state lithium-sulfur batteries (ASSLSBs) are a promising next-generation battery technology. They exhibit high energy density, while mitigating intrinsic problems such as polysulfide shuttling and lithium dendrite growth that are common to liquid electrolyte-based batteries. Among the various types of solid electrolytes, solid polymer [...] Read more.
All-solid-state lithium-sulfur batteries (ASSLSBs) are a promising next-generation battery technology. They exhibit high energy density, while mitigating intrinsic problems such as polysulfide shuttling and lithium dendrite growth that are common to liquid electrolyte-based batteries. Among the various types of solid electrolytes, solid polymer electrolytes (SPE) are attractive due to their superior flexibility and high safety. In this work, cross-linkable polymers composed of pentaerythritol tetraacrylate (PETEA) and tri(ethylene glycol) divinyl ether (PEG), are incorporated into sulfur–carbon composite cathodes to serve a dual function as both a binder and electrolyte, as a so-called catholyte. The influence of key parameters, including the sulfur–carbon ratio, catholyte content, and ionic conductivity of the electrolyte within the cathode on the electrochemical performance, was investigated. Notably, the sulfur composite cathode containing 30 wt% of the PETEA-PEG copolymer catholyte achieved a high initial discharge capacity of 1236 mAh gS−1 at a C-rate of 0.1 and 80 °C. Full article
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Preparation of Li2S-AlI3-LiI Composite Solid Electrolyte and Its Application in All-Solid-State Li-S Battery
by Tran Anh Tu, Nguyen Huu Huy Phuc, Luong Thi Quynh Anh and Tran Viet Toan
Batteries 2023, 9(6), 290; https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries9060290 - 25 May 2023
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Novel (80Li2S − 20AlI3)·yLiI composite solid electrolytes (y = 5, 10, 15) were prepared by mechannochemical synthesis. XRD results showed that the pattern of 80Li2S − 20AlI3 was similar to that of AlI3, which [...] Read more.
Novel (80Li2S − 20AlI3)·yLiI composite solid electrolytes (y = 5, 10, 15) were prepared by mechannochemical synthesis. XRD results showed that the pattern of 80Li2S − 20AlI3 was similar to that of AlI3, which means that Li2S was dissolved in AlI3 matrix during preparation. This structure was still maintained after LiI addition. The current measured at constant applied DC voltage indicated that (80Li2S − 20AlI3)·yLiI composites are intrinsically pure Li-ion conductors. The ionic conductivity at 25 °C of y = 10 was about 2.3 × 10−4 Scm−1, which was about three times higher than that of y = 0. The conductivity of y = 10 increased 20 times to 2.2 × 10−3 Scm−1 at 70 °C. These values were highest among those observed from Li2S-based materials. It was revealed that Li-ion moves in 80Li2S − 20AlI3 by a hoping mechanism, while the lattice dipoles are the origin of Li-ion movement in (80Li2S − 20AlI3)·yLiI. The polarization measurements using Liǀ90 (80Li2S − 20AlI3)·10LiI ǀLi and LiǀLi6PS5Clǀ90 (80Li2S − 20AlI3)·10LiIǀLi6PS5ClǀLi cells proved that 90 (80Li2S − 20AlI3)·10LiI reacts with Li metal, but it is relatively stable at a low voltage. Sample y = 10 was also employed as a solid electrolyte in the positive electrode of a solid-state Li-S battery to study its stability in the voltage range of the positive electrode. CuS and Li4.4Si were the electrode-active materials. The cell was cycled in CC-CV mode at 1.0 mA cm−2 (CC) with a cut-off voltage of 1.0–2.3 V. The cell delivered a stable capacity of about 400 mAh g−1CuS after 40 cycles. Full article
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