Stable interface between anode materials and Li1.3Al0.3Ti1.7(PO4)3-based solid-state electrolyte facilitated by graphene coating

• Published in: Electrochimica acta Vol. 431; p. 141136
• Main Authors: Liu, Lei, Wang, Qiaohui, Jie, Zhihui, Ma, Jianli, Cui, Xuan, Xu, Guoli, Gu, Chengqian, Ma, Lei, Liu, Yong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2022
• Subjects: Interfacial characteristics; LATP electrolyte; Lithium anode; Silicon anode; Solid-state cell; Interfacial characteristics; Lithium anode; Silicon anode; LATP electrolyte; Solid-state cell
• ISSN: 0013-4686; 1873-3859
• DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2022.141136

A graphene surface coating strategy (G@LATP), to modify and improve the interfacial characteristics between the Lithium Aluminum Titanium Phosphate (LATP) electrolyte and different anodes, such as Li metal and Si film has been proposed. As a result, the Li/Li symmetric cell with graphene coating modified LATP electrolyte exhibits excellent cyclic stability, even at large current densities of 0.5 mA·cm−2 and 1 mA·cm−2. The modified Li/G@LATP/LiFePO4 solid-state full cell is delivering a discharge specific capacity of 136 mAh·g−1 after 200 cycles at a current density of 0.1 mA·cm−2, corresponding to a capacity retention of 86.1%. The graphene coating technique also led to improved cyclic stability in the Si/Si symmetric cell with modified LATP electrolyte at current densities of 0.1 mA·cm−2 and 0.3 mA·cm−2, with polarization voltages of 0.063 V and 0.27 V after cycling for 1000 h, respectively. Moreover, the Si/G@LATP/LiFePO4 full cell shows an outstanding discharge specific capacity of 161 mAh·g − 1 at its 2nd cycle, with a capacity retention of 92.9% after 200 cycles. These results show that graphene coating of the LATP electrolyte is a facile and effective method to improve the interfacial characteristics of Li/LATP and Si/LATP.