Lithium stuffed garnet setter plates for solid electrolyte fabrication
OwnerSriram IYER, Timothy Holme +1inventors
InventorsSriram IYER, Timothy Holme, Niall Donnelly
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Abstract
Setter plates are fabricated from Li-stuffed garnet materials having the same, or substantially similar, compositions as a garnet Li-stuffed solid electrolyte. The Li-stuffed garnet setter plates, set forth herein, reduce the evaporation of Li during a sintering treatment step and/or reduce the loss of Li caused by diffusion out of the sintering electrolyte. Li-stuffed garnet setter plates, set forth herein, maintain compositional control over the solid electrolyte during sintering when, upon heating, lithium is prone to diffuse out of the solid electrolyte.
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A setter plate for fabricating solid electrolytes of a rechargeable battery, the setter plate comprising:
- a Li-stuffed garnet compound characterized by the formula LixLayZrzOt·qAl2O3, wherein 4<x<10, 1<y<4, 1<z<3, 6<t<14, 0≤q≤1;
- a surface defined by a first lateral dimension from 2 cm to 30 cm and a second lateral dimension from 2 cm to 30 cm;
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- a thickness from 0.1 mm to 100 mm.
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