journal article·2025-11-14Open access

A Highly Conductive Halospinel Cathode for All-Solid-State Batteries

Julian F. Baumgärtner, Daniel Isler, Hung Quoc Nguyen, Matthias Klimpel, Jaka Šivavec, Chris Černe, Dmitry Chernyshov, Wouter van Beek, Daniel Rettenwander, Kostiantyn V. Kravchyk, Maksym V. Kovalenko

ACS Energy Letters· Volume 10· Issue 11

Abstract

High Resolution Image Download MS PowerPoint Slide High-power lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) rely on highly ionically and electronically conductive cathode active materials (CAMs). While oxospinels meet these criteria and are therefore widely employed in state-of-the-art LIBs, we demonstrate that halospinels offer greatly enhanced transport properties and enable the incorporation of earth-abundant transition metals, such as iron. Using spinel-type Li 2– x FeCl 4 (0 < x ≤ 1, LFC) as a model CAM in an all-solid-state battery (ASSBs), we show that its intrinsically high ionic-electronic conductivity enables the fabrication of cathodes composed of micron-sized CAM particles with high areal capacity (>2 mA h cm –2 ) at practical current densities (0.5 mA cm –2 ) over 200 cycles. Our findings position LFC as a promising CAM, paving the way for cost-effective, high-performance ASSBs.
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Affiliations

Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences

ETH Zürich

Laboratory for Thin Films and Photovoltaics

Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology

Department of Material Science and Engineering

NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Swiss−Norwegian Beam Lines at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

Christian Doppler Laboratory for Solid-State Batteries

Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Center for Transport Technologies, Battery Technologies

Funding

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur F?rderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung · Norges Forskningsr?d

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