Fabrication of Li0.35La0.55TiO3 solid electrolyte with two-layered structure for all-solid-state Li battery by a colloidal crystal templating method

Abstract

2-layered all-solid-state battery, which is made up of 3DOM (3dimensionally ordered macroporous) porous layer and dense layer, is one of the promising structures for all-solid-state Li battery with Li metal anode. In this paper, an influence of precursor powder size of solid electrolyte on formation of 2-layered electrolyte which is a framework of all-solid-state battery was studied using Li0.35La0.55TiO3 (LLT) electrolyte. The particle size strongly affected on morphology of prepared 2-layered structure. In the case of mixture of milled powder with below 1 μm diameter and non-milled powder with sub μm in weight ratio = 3:1, completely sintered 2-layered LLTcould be obtained. This would be due to high bulk density of the mixture. Li ion conductivities of obtained 2-layered LLT at bulk and grain boundary were 8.0 × 10-4 and 2.6 × 10 -5Scm-1, respectively, which were well consistent with reported values. These findings imply the 2-layered structure can be prepared by many kinds of ceramics if size of precursor powder would be controlled properly. © 2011 The Ceramic Society of Japan.