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Batteries: Nanoconfined LiBH 4 as a Fast Lithium Ion Conductor (Adv. Funct. Mater. 2/2015)
Author(s) -
Blanchard Didier,
Nale Angeloclaudio,
Sveinbjörnsson Dadi,
Eggenhuisen Tamara M.,
Verkuijlen Margriet H. W.,
Vegge Tejs,
Kentgens Arno P. M.,
de Jongh Petra E.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.201570009
Subject(s) - materials science , lithium (medication) , electrolyte , nanopore , ion , conductor , chemical engineering , phase transition , phase (matter) , conductivity , fast ion conductor , nanotechnology , chemical physics , composite material , chemistry , condensed matter physics , organic chemistry , electrode , medicine , physics , engineering , endocrinology
A new type of electrolyte for all‐solid‐state batteries is presented by D. Blanchard, P. E. de Jongh, and team on page 184. Confining LiBH 4 in the nanopores of a SiO 2 scaffold leads to a room temperature conductivity of 0.1 mS cm −1 , three orders of magnitude higher than for crystalline LiBH 4 . Lithium ions (blue spheres) move rapidly through LiBH 4 near pore walls, while the core shows more conventional LiBH 4 behavior, albeit with decreased phase transition temperatures.