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Super Long-Cycling All-Solid-State Battery with Thin


Li6PS5Cl-Based Electrolyte
Sijie Liu, Le Zhou, Jian Han, Kaihua Wen, Shundong Guan, Chuanjiao Xue,
Zheng Zhang, Ben Xu, Yuanhua Lin, Yang Shen,* Liangliang Li,* and Ce-Wen Nan*

high interfacial impedance between SSEs


All-solid-state batteries (ASSBs) using sulfide electrolytes have attracted ever- and electrodes, and relatively high fabrica-
increasing interest due to high ionic conductivity of the sulfides. Neverthe- tion cost, which impede their applications.
less, a thin, strong solid-state sulfide electrolyte membrane maintaining high SSEs with high ionic conductivity, wide
electrochemical window and low interfa-
ionic conductivity is highly desired for ASSBs. Here, a thin, flexible composite
cial impedance are critical in developing
solid electrolyte membrane composed of argyrodite sulfide Li6PS5Cl and a ASSBs with high specific energy and
polar poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-trifluoroethylene) (P(VDF-TrFE)) framework is power density.[2,3]
prepared via an electrospinning-infiltration-hot-pressing method. The interac- Currently, among various SSEs, sulfide
tion between Li6PS5Cl and polar P(VDF-TrFE) ensures a high lithium-ion con- SSEs have a Li-ion conduction capability
comparable to that of organic liquid
ductivity (≈1.2 mS cm–1) at room temperature and good mechanical ductility
electrolytes (≈10–2 S cm–1 at room tem-
of the composite electrolyte membrane. The coin-type ASSB cells with the perature).[4–10] Various sulfide materials
thin composite electrolyte membrane, a composite cathode of LiNbO3-coated with a high Li-ion conductivity of 10–3–
LiNi0.8Co0.1Mn0.1O2 and Li6PS5Cl, and a lithium-indium anode, show super 10–2 S cm–1 at room temperature, such
cycling performance, and the capacity retention is 92% after 1000 cycles and as Li10GeP2S12 (LGPS),[5] Li10SnP2S12,[6]
71% even after 20 000 cycles at 1.0 mA cm–2 (i.e., 1.61 C) at room temperature. and Li9.54Si1.74P1.44S11.7Cl0.3,[7] have been
investigated. Among them, a family of
Moreover, pouch-type ASSB cells with a high mass loading of active materials
sulfide SSEs, lithium argyrodites Li6PS5X
are made to demonstrate the potential and feasibility in future commercial (X = Cl, Br),[8] are attracting more atten-
applications. tion due to high Li-ion conductivity
(e.g., Li5.3PS4.3ClBr0.7: 2.4 × 10–2 S cm–
1 [9]
; Li6PS5Cl (denoted as LPSCl):
1. Introduction 3.15 × 10–3 S cm–1 [10]) and relatively good electrochemical com-
patibility. The ASSB cells using argyrodites have demonstrated
Lithium (Li)-ion batteries (LIBs) have been widely used in port- good cycling and rate performance. For example, recently, a
able electronic devices, electric vehicles, smart grids, etc.[1] sandwiched SSE separator of LPSCl-LGPS-LPSCl has been
However, organic liquid electrolytes in commercial LIBs are designed to prevent the growth of Li dendrites and thus enable
flammable due to the low flash point of carbonic ester, espe- superior cycling performance of ASSB cells;[11] and LPSCl SSE
cially at high voltages, which often causes safety hazards in has also been matched with the silicon anode, capable of oper-
practical applications. Thus, all-solid-state batteries (ASSBs) ating with high current densities and achieving a long cycle.[12]
using solid-state electrolytes (SSEs) have recently attracted a One drawback of pressed sulfide SSE separator layers is that
lot of interest, because they are safer and more stable after the micro-cracks easily appear and expands during Li plating/strip-
replacement of liquid electrolytes.[2] Nevertheless, ASSBs still ping in sulfide electrolytes due to the rigidness of sulfide pow-
have some drawbacks such as low ionic conductivity for SSEs, ders, leading to short circuit in ASSB cells.[13] Thus a thicker
sulfide SSE layer (e.g., ≈0.5–1.2 mm) via pressing sulfide
S. Liu, L. Zhou, J. Han, K. Wen, S. Guan, C. Xue, Z. Zhang, Y. Lin, powder was usually used in laboratory-type cells to guarantee
Y. Shen, L. Li, C.-W. Nan the long-term cycling performance of the ASSBs,[13a,b,14] but this
State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing way reduces the cell-level energy density and is detrimental to
School of Materials Science and Engineering
scalable fabrication. Thus, it is desired to prepare sulfide SSE
Tsinghua University
Beijing 100084, China membranes with a small thickness and compact structure for
E-mail: shyang_mse@tsinghua.edu.cn; liliangliang@tsinghua.edu.cn; advanced ASSBs.
cwnan@tsinghua.edu.cn To obtain a thin, free-standing sulfide SSE membrane, a soft
B. Xu polymeric component is often used. Recently, much progress
Beijing Computational Science Research Center in sulfide-polymer composite solid electrolytes (CSEs) has been
Beijing 100084, China
made.[15–18] Among them, Luo et al. prepared a 65 µm-thick
The ORCID identification number(s) for the author(s) of this article bendable sulfide SSE using LPSCl and poly(ethylene
can be found under https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202200660.
oxide) (PEO),[16] and their ASSB cell of LiNi0.7Co0.2Mn0.1O2
DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202200660 (LiNixCoyMn1–x–yO2, denoted as NCM)||CSE||lithium-indium

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(Li-In) delivered 1000 cycles with a capacity retention of 74% at (Supporting Information), respectively. The room-temperature
60 °C. Oh et al. prepared a 80 µm-thick CSE composed of Li+- ionic conductivity of the LPSCl electrolyte is about 3.9 mS cm–1.
conductive dry polymer electrolytes (nitrile butadiene rubber- The as-prepared LPSCl powder was grinded for preparing CSEs.
poly(1,4-butylene adipate)) and sulfide Li6PS5Cl0.5Br0.5, which The scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images in Figure S2
exhibited a high Li-ion conductivity of 2.2 mS cm–1 at 30 °C and (Supporting Information) show that the LPSCl particles after
excellent thermal stability.[17] Their NCM||CSE||graphite ASSB grinding and sifting have a smaller diameter (about 1–3 µm
cells showed a capacity retention of 86% after 100 cycles at 0.1 C as shown in Figure S3, Supporting Information) compared to
and 30 °C. Lee et al. prepared 30–40 µm-thick CSEs composed pristine powder. As for the polymeric part, the viscoelastic and
of LPSCl and a non-aqueous acrylate-type binder by using a strong polar P(VDF-TrFE) with high dielectric constant was
doctor blade,[18] and their NCM||CSE||Ag-C prototype pouch chosen.[20] A self-supporting P(VDF-TrFE) electrospun mem-
cell exhibited a capacity retention at 89% after 1000 cycles at brane with an adjustable porous framework structure with void
0.5 C and 60 °C. These efforts mainly emphasized increasing diameter of about 10–20 µm was fabricated. The SEM image in
the energy density of ASSB cells by thinning CSE layers and Figure 1b clearly shows the porous network structure made of
did not focus on the cycling performance of ASSBs. The cycle uniform fibers with a narrow diameter distribution (Figure S4,
life and rate performance of the ASSBs with thin CSE mem- Supporting Information). Large voids in the framework are
branes in these works are not well satisfactory. The thickness important for the infiltration processing of sulfide particles.
of CSE membranes may play an important role in determining High thermal stability (Figure S5, Supporting Information) of
the cycling performance of ASSBs.[19] In addition, the study on the P(VDF-TrFE) is suitable for the subsequent hot-pressing
comparing the cycling performance of ASSBs to that of normal process and is helpful to improve the thermal stability of the
LIBs with liquid electrolytes is rare. CSEs. With infiltration of LPSCl-toluene slurry into the porous
Herein, we report a thin (30–40 µm-thick) CSE made of P(VDF-TrFE) framework, following by solvent evaporation
LPSCl and a three dimensional poly(vinylidene fluoride-co- and hot-pressing (see Experimental Section), the free-standing
trifluoroethylene) P(VDF-TrFE) network skeleton via a facile CSE membranes (about 30–40 µm in thickness) with good
electrospinning-infiltration-hot-pressing method. P(VDF- mechanical ductility and bendability were obtained, as shown
TrFE) exhibits more stronger polarity with high dielectric con- in the photograph at the bottom right corner of Figure 1a. The
stant and is more flexible than commonly used PVDF, since top-view SEM image in Figure 1c shows a dense structure. The
P(VDF-TrFE) has a dominant β-phase with an all-trans confor- cross-sectional SEM images in Figure 1e and Figure S6 (Sup-
mation by incorporating TrFE groups into PVDF.[20] Thus it is porting Information) demonstrate that the sulfide particles are
expected that P(VDF-TrFE) has some interactions with LPSCl closely packed and tightly bonded in the polymer framework,
to ensure excellent performance of the CSE. A well-designed which is beneficial to ionic conduction. The energy-dispersive
P(VDF-TrFE) electrospun framework with an adjustable porous spectroscopy (EDS) mapping images of S and F elements in the
structure allows thorough infiltration of LPSCl particles to LPSCl@P(VDF-TrFE) CSEs show uniform dispersion of LPSCl
form interpenetrating LPSCl@P(VDF-TrFE) membranes. The particles in the CSEs (Figure 1e and Figure S7, Supporting
closely packed sulfide particles form Li-ion conduction chan- Information). The proportions of LPSCl particles and P(VDF-
nels, while the P(VDF-TrFE) component makes the whole elec- TrFE) in the CSEs are estimated as about 79 and 21 wt%, respec-
trolyte flexible and bendable. We demonstrate the interaction tively, based on the thermogravimetric analysis (Figure 1d and
between LPSCl and polar P(VDF-TrFE) to improve Li+ trans- Figure S5, Supporting Information).
port in the CSE through various tests and theoretical simula- The XRD patterns in Figure 1f show that all the characteristic
tions. The as-prepared CSE shows high Li-ion conductivity of peaks of LPSCl can be indexed into a cubic argyrodite phase
1.2 × 10–3 S cm–1 at room temperature. In particular, the ASSB without impurity (ICSD No. 97-041-8490). The comparison in
cells with the CSE membranes present super cycling perfor- the XRD patterns demonstrates that the crystallinity of LPSCl
mance, i.e., the ultra-long cycle life with 71% capacity retention does not change after the infiltration process and hot-pressing.
after 20 000 cycles at 1.0 mA cm–2 (i.e., 1.61 C) among all so-far The diffraction spectrum for the P(VDF-TrFE) shows three
reported ASSB cells operated at room temperature. This work broad peaks at 19°, 36.7°, and 40.7°, corresponding to (110),
may shed light on preparing thin, high-performance CSEs, and (001), and (111) indexes, respectively. According to the peak fit-
pave the way toward practical sulfide-based ASSBs with high ting (Figure S8, Supporting Information), the broad peak at 19°
performance. can be divided into two peaks at 18.6° and 19.8°, corresponding
to the γ-phase (3/1-helical conformation) and β-phase (all-trans,
TTT configuration), respectively.[21] The peak at 19.8° is much
2. Results and Discussion stronger than that at 18.6°, indicating that the crystalline region
of the P(VDF-TrFE) is mainly the polar β-phase. The compar-
2.1. Characterization of LPSCl@P(VDF-TrFE) CSEs ison of the XRD pattern for the LPSCl@P(VDF-TrFE) CSEs
also indicates that the crystalline region of the P(VDF-TrFE)
Figure 1a schematically illustrates the fabrication procedure of also mainly keeps the polar β-phase.
the interpenetrating LPSCl@P(VDF-TrFE) CSEs. Here, argyro- Figure 2a shows the Nyquist plots of the CSE at 25–70 °C. The
dite LPSCl powder was prepared by ball-milling, followed by ionic conductivity of the CSE membrane is about 1.2 mS cm–1
heat treatment as before.[10] The X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern at 25 °C due to the high conductivity of LPSCl (≈3.9 mS cm–1,
of as-prepared LPSCl powder and the Nyquist plot of the LPSCl Figure S1b, Supporting Information). The Arrhenius plot of the
electrolyte at room temperature are shown in Figure S1a,b ionic conductivity σ is exhibited in Figure 2b. The σ−T relation

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Figure 1. a) Schematic illustration for the fabrication procedure of the interpenetrating LPSCl@P(VDF-TrFE) CSEs via an electrospinning-infiltration-
hot-pressing method. The photograph at the bottom right corner shows a thin, flexible CSE. b) SEM image of a porous P(VDF-TrFE) membrane.
c) Top-view SEM image for the CSE. d) Thermogravimetric analysis of the CSE and LPSCl powder under a flow of N2. e) Cross-sectional SEM image of
the CSE and corresponding EDS mapping images of S and F elements. f) XRD patterns of the porous P(VDF-TrFE) membrane, CSE and LPSCl powder.

accords with the formula σ = Aexp (−Ea/kBT), where A is a pre- 3.0 mAh cm–2) at room temperature, though LPSCl is not quite
exponential factor, Ea is the activation energy for ionic conduc- stable with Li metal.[22] As expected, the cell with pristine LPSCl
tion, kB is the Boltzmann constant and T is the absolute tem- becomes failure due to short circuit quickly at such a high cur-
perature. Ea is calculated to be about 0.3 eV, which is similar rent density. The over-potential of the Li||CSE||Li symmetric cell
to that of pristine LPSCl.[10] The electronic conductivity of the gradually increases from about 0.6 to 1.08 V within the first
CSE was measured to be 3.4 × 10–9 S cm−1 by direct-current 30 h, due to interfacial interaction between LPSCl and Li,[22a,b]
polarization measurement (Figure 2c). The electrochemical but then almost keeps steady within 200 h.
stability of the CSE from the cyclic voltammogram (CV) of a To further investigate the structure of the CSE, we conducted
CSE+carbon||CSE||In cell (Figure 2d) shows that the CSE has series of measurements including Fourier transform infrared
a quite similar electrochemical window to LPSCl, in which the (FTIR) spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic
oxidative stability limit is ≈2.5 versus In/InLi, corresponding resonance (NMR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and
to 3.1 V versus Li+/Li,[22] while the CV (Figure S9, Supporting theoretical simulations. Figure 3a presents the FTIR spectra of
Information) for a stainless steel (SS)||CSE||Li cell as usual the P(VDF-TrFE) and CSE. For the porous P(VDF-TrFE) frame-
shows a wide electrochemical window up to 5 V. The lithium- work, there are six bands related to the three axes of the crystal-
ion transference number of the CSE and LPSCl was calculated line phase of P(VDF-TrFE). The peaks at 878 and 1174 cm–1 are
to be ≈0.993 and ≈0.999, respectively, both of which are about corresponding to the a-axis, those at 845 and 1285 cm–1 are asso-
equal to 1 (Figure S10, Supporting Information). The critical ciated with the b-axis, and those at 1075 and 1400 cm–1 corre-
current density (CCD) of the CSE (Figure S11, Supporting Infor- spond to the c-axis.[23] Specifically, the characteristic absorbance
mation) is about 6.5 mA cm–2 with a capacity of 3.25 mAh cm–2, band at 845 cm–1 can be ascribed to the symmetric vibration
which is higher than that for Li||LPSCl||Li. Moreover, galva- of the CF2 group (νsCF2) coupled with the symmetric stretching
nostatic cycling performance (Figure S12, Supporting Infor- vibration of C–C (νsCC), and that at 1284 cm–1 can be assigned
mation) of Li||CSE||Li symmetric cells was also measured at a to νsCF2 coupled with νsCC and the bending vibration of
high current density of 6.0 mA cm–2 (and a constant capacity of C–C–C (δCCC).[23] The peaks at 845 and 1285 cm−1 can be

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Figure 2. a) Nyquist plots of the LPSCl@P(VDF-TrFE) CSE at 25–70 °C. b) Arrhenius plot of the ionic conductivity of the CSE. c) Current–time curve
of the CSE sandwiched between two pieces of stainless steel. d) Current–voltage curve of a CSE+carbon||CSE||In cell.

Figure 3. a) FTIR spectra of the porous P(VDF-TrFE) and CSE membranes. b) 31P NMR spectra of the CSE and LPSCl powder. c) XPS patterns (C 1s)
of the CSE. d) 7Li NMR spectra of the CSE and LPSCl powder. e) Possible complex structures in the CSE based on theoretical simulations.

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a­ssociated with trans sequences longer than TTTT and TTT, of Figure 3d), indicating that the Li active sites are facilitated by
confirming the presence of polar β-phase of P(VDF-TrFE).[23] the combination of LPSCl and P(VDF-TrFE).
Compared with the P(VDF-TrFE), the peaks of the CSE are Density functional theory calculations and molecular
almost at the same positions, indicating that the β-phase does dynamic simulations (see the Experimental Section) were car-
not change with the infiltration of LPSCl. It is worth noting that ried out to further investigate the interaction between LPSCl
the new band at 1037 cm−1 could originate from the bonding of and P(VDF-TrFE). The possible complex structures in the
LPSCl and P(VDF-TrFE), corresponding to the coupling of the CSE based on our theoretical simulations are presented in
C–S stretching vibration with the C–H–S deformation vibra- Figure 3e. In Figure S16 (Supporting Information), the pro-
tion.[24] Additionally, the new absorbance band at 579 cm−1 is cess for the combination of LPSCl and P(VDF-TrFE) is illus-
designated to the vibration of F–P–F coupled with F–S–F.[25] trated and the corresponding binding energy is calculated to
The Raman spectrum of the porous P(VDF-TrFE) framework in be −2.88 eV through density-functional-theory calculations.
Figure S13a (Supporting Information) also shows the six peaks Figure S17 (Supporting Information) shows the snapshot of
at 845, 878, 1075, 1174, 1285, and 1400 cm–1. The band at around the LPSCl@P(VDF-TrFE) model after a molecular dynamic
3000 cm–1 is assigned to the C–H stretching vibration.[26] For simulation run of 100 ps. The calculated interaction energy for
the Raman spectrum of the CSE, a red shift of the C–H band the LPSCl@P(VDF-TrFE) model is −28.80 kcal mol−1, further
(2855 cm–1) can be clearly observed, which is due to the new proving the combination of LPSCl and P(VDF-TrFE) (Table S1,
chemical environment appeared in the middle of the structural Supporting Information).
group. The changes in the chemical environment may result
from the formation of new bonds or the interaction of the two
components in the CSE. The Raman peak associated with the 2.2. Electrochemical Performance of the ASSB Cells
PS43− group (418 cm–1) shows a broadening effect when LPSCl with LPSCl@P(VDF-TrFE) CSEs
is interpenetrated into the polymer network, suggesting that
the sulfide could be bonded with P(VDF-TrFE). To demonstrate the advantages of the LPSCl@P(VDF-TrFE)
Figure 3b presents the 31P NMR spectra of the CSE and LPSCl CSEs, the ASSB cells with LiNbO3-coated NCM (denoted as
powder. A strong peak corresponding to PS43− at 85 ppm was NCM@LNO)-based composite cathode and a Li-In anode were
detected in both samples.[27] For the CSE, a new peak appears assembled (see the Experimental Section). LiNbO3-coating on
at 119 ppm, which is ascribed to the P-(SR)x (R is a hydrocarbyl NCM enabled use of the active NCM with sulfide electrolytes.
group) and further proves that the sulfide and polymer are First, to verify the electrochemical performance of our as-
bonded together.[28] The 13C NMR spectra of the two samples prepared NCM@LNO active materials, normal LIB cells with
are shown in Figure S13b (Supporting Information). The peaks NCM@LNO mass loading of ≈3.1 mg cm−2 but with liquid
at 44, 86, 120 ppm are attributed to –CH2–, –CHF–, and –CF2–, electrolyte was fabricated (see the Experimental Section). As
respectively.[29] A new peak at 160 ppm is observed in the spectra seen from Figure S18 (Supporting Information), specific capaci-
of the CSE, which can be assigned to the formation of a new ties of 202, 178, and 120 mAh g–1 were obtained at 0.1 (0.16 C),
CS bond.[30] For the 1H NMR spectra (Figure S13c, Supporting 0.5 (0.81 C), and 1.0 mA cm–2 (1.61 C), respectively. Even at a
Information), peak splitting occurs at 1.77 and 7.665 ppm when high rate of 5.0 mA cm2, a specific capacity of 63 mAh g–1 was
the sulfide is added to the polymer network, while for the 19F achieved. When the current density turned back to 0.1 mA cm2,
NMR spectra (Figure S13d, Supporting Information), a new a large portion of the initial capacity was recovered, i.e.,
peak shows up at −163 ppm. These changes could also be attrib- 189 mAh g–1. At a current density of 1.0 mA cm2, a discharge
uted to the bonding between the sulfide and the P(VDF-TrFE). capacity of 99 mAh g–1 was still achieved after 3000 cycles
Meanwhile, the C 1s XPS spectrum of the CSE in Figure 3c (Figure S18c, Supporting Information). These demonstrate
also shows consistent results. The XPS peaks at 284.8, 288.6, that our as-prepared NCM@LNO active powder keeps excellent
and 290.8 eV are assigned to C–C/C–H, H–C–F and F–C–F performance.
of P(VDF-TrTE), respectively.[31] An additional peak appears at Now turn to our NCM@LNO||CSE||Li-In ASSB cells. The
285.6 eV, which is attributed to the CS bond.[32] XPS depth cross-sectional SEM images (Figure S19, Supporting Informa-
profiling analysis was conducted on the CSE (Figure S14, tion) show a compact and clear interface between the com-
Supporting Information). The proportion of the CS bond posite cathode and CSE layer in the NCM@LNO||CSE||Li-In
increases with the increase of the depth, demonstrating the ASSB cell. As seen from Figure 4a, the ASSB cells with the
interaction between LPSCl and P(VDF-TrFE) in the CSE. In same amount of NCM@LNO (≈3.1 mg cm−2) as in the normal
addition, the S 2p XPS depth profiles of the CSE and LPSCl LIB cells above present the discharge capacities of 189, 173,
are shown in Figure S15 (Supporting Information). Three sets and 114 mAh g–1 at 0.1 (0.16 C), 0.5 (0.81 C), and 1.0 mA cm–2
of doublet peaks at 161.3–162.6, 162.1–163.5, and 163.2–164.5 eV (1.61 C), respectively. When the current density returns to 0.1
are attributed to the boned sulfur in P–S–Li, P = S and P–S–C, from 5.0 mA cm–2, ≈92% of the initial capacity is recovered.
respectively. The signal of P–S–C appears on the surface and Figure 4b shows the charge–discharge curves of ASSB cells
inner part of the CSE, further confirming the interaction at different rates. By comparison with the normal LIB cells
between LPSCl and P(VDF-TrFE).[33] Figure 3d shows the above (Figure S18, Supporting Information vs Figure 4), the
magic-angle spinning (MAS) 7Li NMR spectra of the CSE and performance of the as-prepared NCM@LNO active powder
LPSCl powder. The strongest 7Li resonance in both the CSE was basically developed in the ASSB cells. As expected, the
and LPSCl powder is at 2.8 ppm. For the CSE, two new reso- normal LIB cells have bit lower polarization and higher
nances appear at −1.04 and −48.5 ppm (see the two right panels discharge capacities than the ASSB cells, due to higher

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Figure 4. Electrochemical performances at room temperature for NCM@LNO||CSE||Li-In ASSB cells with NCM@LNO loading of ≈3.1 mg cm−2:
a) Rate performance. b) Charge–discharge curves at different rates. c) Cycling performance at a current density of 0.1 mA cm–2. d) Long-term cycling
performance at a current density of 1.0 mA cm–2.

ionic conductivity of the liquid electrolyte and lower inter- 123.1 mAh g–1, respectively. At the 500th cycle, the reversible
facial resistance in the liquid LIB cells compared with the capacities of 144.1, 120.5, and 97.1 mAh g–1, still remain, cor-
ASSB cells. The CV curves of the ASSB cells at a scan rate of responding to the capacity retention of 88%, 83%, and 79%,
0.2 mV s–1 (Figure S20a, Supporting Information) present a respectively.
pair of broad peaks at 3.67/3.95 V and these peaks at different Pouch-type ASSB cells with the same CSE and composite
cycles are overlapped, indicating reversible redox electro- cathode were also fabricated. Figure 6a and Figure S22a
chemical reaction of NCM (Ni2+/Ni4+ redox reaction).[34] The (Supporting Information) show the cyclic performance and
charge–discharge curves in Figure S20b (Supporting Informa- charge–discharge voltage profiles of the pouch-type cells at
tion) are consistent with the CV curves in Figure S20a (Sup- 0.1 mA cm–2, respectively. The pouch-type cells also show a
porting Information). high capacity and charge/discharge platforms similarly to those
At a low rate (e.g., 0.1 mA cm–2), the ASSB cells present of the coin-type cells (Figure 4), and present a high capacity
the excellent cycling performance. The ASSB cells exhibit a retention of 92% after 100 cycles. It also shows a high capacity
high initial discharge specific capacity of 168 mAh g–1 and a retention of 81% after 200 cycles at 1.0 mA cm–2 (Figure 6b and
capacity retention of 93% after 2000 cycles (Figure 4c). The cor- Figure S22b, Supporting Information). As seen, the pouch-type
responding Coulombic efficiency gradually increases to 100% ASSB cells can power a bulb (Figure 6c) or light an LED lamp
after a few cycles and then becomes stable. At a high rate (e.g., (Figure S23, Supporting Information).
1 mA cm–2 (1.61 C)), the ASSB cells also present the excellent
cycling performance, even much better than the liquid LIB
cells above. As shown in Figure 4d, the ASSB cells exhibit more
stable long-term cycling performance. They deliver the retained
capacity of 108 mAh g–1 and the capacity retention of 92% after
1000 cycles, which are higher than that of the LIBs (88% after
1000 cycles in Figure S18, Supporting Information). After 4500
cycles, the ASSB cells deliver discharge capacity of 103 mAh g–1
with the capacity retention of 88%, yet the LIB cells almost
become failure. In particular, the ASSB cells exhibit super
long-term cyclic stability with a retained capacity of 83 mAh g–1
even after 20 000 cycles, and the capacity retention is 71% at
the 20 000th cycles (see Figure S21, Supporting Information for
several representative charge–discharge profiles of the ASSB
cells).
Furthermore, the cyclic performance of the ASSB cells with
high NCM@LNO loadings in the composite cathode were
tested at 0.1 mA cm–2. As shown in Figure 5, the ASSB cells Figure 5. Cyclic performance of NCM@LNO||CSE||Li-In ASSB cells with
with NCM@LNO loadings of 12.39, 18.58, and 24.78 mg cm–2 different mass loadings of the NCM@LNO active material at 0.1 mA cm–2
exhibit initial discharge capacities of 168.6, 157.2, and and room temperature.

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Figure 6. a) Cyclic performance of a pouch-type cell at 0.1 mA cm–2. b) Cyclic performance of a pouch-type cell at 1.0 mA cm–2. c) Photographs of the
pouch-type batteries with the CSE used to power a bulb.

3. Conclusions carbon nanotube powder was then dried at 70 °C in an oven overnight


for subsequent use. Then, the NCM@LNO-based composite cathode
A flexible, compact LPSCl@P(VDF-TrFE) CSE membranes for ASSB cells was obtained by grinding the mixture of the NCM@LNO,
with 30–40 µm in thickness have been successfully fabricated, Li6PS5Cl, multiwalled carbon nanotube powders with a weight ratio of
7:2:1 for 30 min.
and the CSE possess a high ionic conductivity of 1.2 mS cm–1
Fabrication of Batteries: Coin-type and pouch-type ASSB cells were
and low electronic conductivity of 3.4 × 10–9 S cm−1 at room fabricated by employing the above NCM@LNO-based composite
temperature. By assembling the LPSCl@P(VDF-TrFE) CSE cathode, LPSCl@P(VDF-TrFE) CSE as the solid electrolyte separator,
with the composite cathode of NCM@LNO and LPSCl, the and Li-In foil as the anode. The mass loadings of the active NCM@
NCM@LNO||CSE||Li-In ASSB cells present an outstanding LNO material in the composite cathode for the coin-type and pouch-type
high-rate capability and ultra-long cycle life. The ASSB ASSB cells were ≈3.1 and 7.4 mg cm–2, respectively. The coin-type cells
with a high NCM@LNO loading of 12–25 mg cm−2 were also prepared
cells are very stable with a 71% capacity retention even after
for some tests. A pressure of 100 MPa was applied on the coin-type
20 000 cycles at 1.0 mA cm–2 (1.61 C) and room temperature. ASSBs. For pouch-type ASSB cells, the composite cathode, the CSE
Such a stable cycling performance is much superior to that of membrane and the anode were laminated in the polypropylene-coated
a corresponding liquid LIB cell. A pouch-type ASSB cells with aluminum pouch, with a size of ≈6 × 6 cm2. A positive tab was welded
the same CSE and composite cathode also demonstrate good on the positive current collector and a negative tab was welded on the
performance and feasibility in future commercial applications. negative current collector using a resistance welder. Aluminum and
nickel were used as the positive and negative tabs, respectively.
For comparison, normal liquid LIB cells were fabricated by employing
the same NCM@LNO with a mass loading of ≈3.1 mg cm−2 (NCM@
LNO, poly(vinylidene fluoride)(PVDF), multiwalled carbon nanotube
4. Experimental Section powders with a weight ratio of 7:2:1), 1 m LiPF6 in ethylene carbonate and
Preparation of Electrolyte Materials: Li6PS5Cl sulfide electrolyte was dimethyl carbonate (EC:DMC = 1:1, v:v) as liquid electrolyte, commercial
synthesized as before.[10] Li2S (Alfa, 99.9%), P2S5 (Aladdin, 99%) and LiCl polypropylene separator, and a Li foil as the anode. All LIB cells were
(Aladdin, 99.9%) powders were mixed by ball milling. Then, the mixture CR2025-type coin cells.
was calcined for 10 h at 550 °C in a quartz tube. The porous P(VDF- Material Characterization: XRD was carried out using a Rigaku D/
TrFE) membrane was prepared via electrospinning method. P(VDF-TrFE) max-2500 diffractometer with a Cu Kα radiation source to identify the
copolymer powders (70/30 mol%, Piezotech) were thoroughly dissolved phases of the samples. SEM and EDS mapping images were obtained
in the mixed solvent of N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) and acetone with with a Zeiss Merlin field-emission scanning electron microscope.
a volume ratio of 3:7 to get P(VDF-TrFE) precursor solution. The P(VDF- Raman spectra were taken using a Raman spectrometer (LabRAM HR
TrFE) solution was then transferred into the syringe and electrospun Evolution) at an excitation of 532 nm. FTIR spectra were acquired on a
with an electric field of 1 kV cm–1 and flow rate of 1 mL h–1 for 3–4 h. To VERTEX 70 spectrometer. The TG analysis was performed with nitrogen
prepare the Li6PS5Cl@P(VDF-TrFE) CSE, grinded Li6PS5Cl powder with a flowing over the samples heated at a rate of 10 °C min–1 using a TA-Q800
particle size of 1–3 µm was suspended in methylbenzene (99.9%, Sigma- instrument. XPS spectra was measured using an XPS system (PHI
Aldrich) by mechanical stirring at 30 °C for 1 h to obtain a homogeneous Quantera II, Ulvac-Phi) with a monochromatic Al Kα X-ray source. The
slurry. Then, the slurry was injected into a P(VDF-TrFE) electrospun film depth profiling was done by Ar sputtering with an equivalent sputtering
and casted with a doctor blade, following by drying on a thermostatic rate of 26.4 nm min−1 on SiO2. For each sputter lay, the time of sputtering
heater at 120 °C for 2 h to remove the solvent. Upon solvent evaporation, was 7.5 s.
two films with Li6PS5Cl were stacked and hot-pressed at 200 °C for 2 h Computational Methods: Density-functional-theory calculations were
under a pressure of 10 MPa. The preparation of the CSE was conducted performed in the Perdew–Burke–Ernzerhof (PBE) generalized gradient
in an Ar-filled glovebox (O2 ≤ 0.1 ppm, H2O ≤ 0.1 ppm). approximation (GGA), implemented in the Vienna Ab initio Simulation
Fabrication of Composite Cathode: Commercial LiNi0.8Co0.1Mn0.1O2 Package (VASP).[35] The projector augmented-wave (PAW) potentials
(NCM) powder was heated at 90 °C for 12 h before use. LiOC2H5 and were used for the treatment of the core electrons. Kohn–Sham single
Nb(OC2H5)5 were mixed homogeneously into anhydrous ethanol. electron wave functions were expanded in a plane-wave basis with a
Subsequently, the dried NCM powder was added into the solution kinetic energy cutoff of 650 eV to describe the valence electrons. The
above and stirred for 3 h. After that, the solution was dried at 150 °C Tkatchenko–Scheffler method was used to count for the long range
for 12 h and heated in a furnace at 400 °C under an oxygen flow for 1 h. dispersion corrections. A vacuum layer was set to be 22 Å. Momentum
Thus, a LiNbO3 coating was formed on the NCM powder (denoted as space integration was performed using a 1 × 1 × 1 Monkhorst–Pack
NCM@LNO). Raw multiwalled carbon nanotube powder was soaked k-point mesh.[36]
in concentrated nitric acid at 120 °C for 2 h and washed with distilled Molecular dynamic simulations were performed in NVT (number,
water until the pH of the filtrate was 7.0. The modified multiwalled volume, and temperature (298 K) are constant) using the Universal force

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