Improve Li-ion conductivity of solid electrolytes by tuning oxygen vacancies

What is it about?

Lithium-ion conductivity is important for solid electrolytes. We have used lithium zirconate as a example to show how one can improve the Li-ion conductivity by creating more oxygen vacancies through cation doping. The improvement in ion transport also leads to faster carbon dioxide absorption.

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Why is it important?

This idea of tuning Li-ion conducive by increasing oxygen vacancies rather than merely manipulating lithium stoichiometry, while largely overlooked, can be very valuable to delevop better solid electrolytes for many applications like all-solid-state Li-ion batteries.

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