STABLE OLIVINE CATHODE MATERIALS WITH HIGH SPECIFIC ENERGY FOR SOLID STATE BATTE...
STABLE OLIVINE CATHODE MATERIALS WITH HIGH SPECIFIC ENERGY FOR SOLID STATE BATTERIES
DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED ALL-SOLID-STATE LI-ION BATTERY (ASSB) CELLS REQUIRE NEW MATERIALS TO BE DEVELOPED TOGETHER WITH MORE SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES SUCH AS 3D PRINTING. THE CATHODE AND ITS COMPATIBILITY WITH THE SOLI...
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DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED ALL-SOLID-STATE LI-ION BATTERY (ASSB) CELLS REQUIRE NEW MATERIALS TO BE DEVELOPED TOGETHER WITH MORE SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES SUCH AS 3D PRINTING. THE CATHODE AND ITS COMPATIBILITY WITH THE SOLID ELECTROLYTE ARE TWO IMPORTANT COMPONENTS THAT NEED TO BE IMPROVED IN ORDER TO FABRICATE HIGH GRAVIMETRIC ENERGY DENSITY (400+ WHKG-1) CELLS WITH LONG CYCLE LIFE 1000+ CYCLES AND FAST CHARGE/DISCHARGE CAPACITY OF AT LEAST 5C. THE NEW CATHODES NEED TO FULFILL IMPORTANT SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AS DEFINED IN THE EU STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN ON BATTERIES, AND AVOID THE USE OF CRITICAL RAW MATERIALS (CRMS) SUCH AS COBALT. THE OLIVINE LIFEPO4 (LFP) PRESENTS EXCELLENT PROPERTIES IN TERMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLINESS AND COST, AND IS KNOWN TO HAVE A STABLE DISCHARGE CAPACITY OF 150 MAHG-1 FOR 1000+ CYCLES. IN FACT, LIFEPO4 IS THE MOST MATURE TECHNOLOGY AMONG CO-FREE CATHODES I.E. LIMN2O4 AND LI-RICH LAYERED OXIDES, AND INDEED THERE ARE MANY COMMERCIAL BATTERIES BASED ON THIS MATERIAL. ITS MAJOR DRAWBACKS ARE A VERY LOW ELECTRONIC CONDUCTIVITY (~ 10-9 SCM-1) AND A MODERATE DISCHARGE VOLTAGE (3.2 V VS. LI/LI+) LIMITING ITS PRACTICAL SPECIFIC ENERGY DENSITY TO ~ 500 WHKG-1 (THEORETICAL 595 WHKG-1) AT MODERATE C-RATES. TO INCREASE THE MATERIAL PERFORMANCE AND IMPROVE OVERALL CONTACT RESISTANCE BETWEEN THE CATHODE AND ELECTROLYTE, THE OLIBAT PROJECT PROPOSES TWO DEVELOPMENTS (GENERATIONS) TOGETHER WITH NEW PROCESSING CONDITIONS FOR THE INTERFACE. GEN1 MATERIAL WILL BE AN OFF-STOICHIOMETRIC LIXFEPO4 CERAMIC WITH ENHANCED ELECTRONIC AND IONIC CONDUCTIVITY WITH RESPECT TO PARENT LFP TO MAXIMIZE SOLID-STATE ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE. SYNTHESIS CONDITIONS WILL BE OPTIMIZED TO ENSURE A NANO-SIZED CERAMIC POWDER WITH AN ORDERED OLIVINE STRUCTURE FOR HIGH LI+ DIFFUSIVITY. THE COMPATIBILITY OF GEN1 MATERIAL WITH SOLID ELECTROLYTE WILL BE EVALUATED AND INTERFACE PROCESSING CONDITIONS TUNED ACCORDINGLY TO MINIMIZE CONTACT RESISTANCES. FOR GEN2, CONDITIONS ALREADY OPTIMIZED WILL BE USED TO DEVELOP A NEW OLIVINE PHASE WITH HIGH SPECIFIC ENERGY DENSITY (THEORETICAL 701 WHKG-1) VIA MN2+ DOPING IN THE FE SITE. THE USE OF MN2+ IS MOTIVATED BY ITS SOLUBILITY IN THE OLIVINE STRUCTURE I.E. LIXMNPO4, AND THE HIGHER IONIC CONDUCTIVITY OF DOPED SAMPLES WITH RESPECT TO PARENT LFP. THE OLIBAT PROJECT ALSO EXPECTS TO PROMOTE CYCLING PERFORMANCE OF MN-DOPED SAMPLE AND ITS CHEMICAL STABILITY VERSUS SOLID ELECTROLYTE BY NB DOPING IN THE LI SITE. NB-DOPED SAMPLES WILL BE FORMULATED ACCORDINGLY I.E. LI1-ZNBZFE1-YMNYPO4 OR LFMP WHERE M IS A METAL (GEN2) TO FABRICATE PROTOTYPE 3D PRINTED ASSB CELLS. OVERALL, THE CO-FREE CATHODE MATERIAL PROPOSED IN THE OLIBAT PROJECT AIMS TO SPEED-UP THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGHLY PERFORMING ADVANCED ASSB CELLS AT LOWER COST WHILE FULFILLING THE AMBITIOUS TARGET OF REDUCING CRMS IN (NEXT) GENERATION 4 BATTERIES AS SET BY THE EU.