journal article·2025-11Open access

Boosting the Power Characteristics of All‐Solid‐State Batteries Through Improved Electrochemical Stability: Site‐Specific Nb Doping in Argyrodite

Yongsun Park, So Yi Lee, Hae‐Yong Kim, Myeongcho Jang, Sunho Ko, Gwangseok Oh, Seung‐Deok Seo, Min Jae You, Hanjun Kim, Minwook Pin, Robson S. Monteiro, Seungho Yu, Kyung‐Wan Nam, Sang‐Cheol Nam, Ohmin Kwon

Carbon Energy· Volume 7· Issue 11

Abstract

ABSTRACT Enhancing the energy density of all‐solid‐state batteries (ASSBs) with lithium metal anodes is crucial, but lithium dendrite‐induced short circuits limit fast‐charging capability. This study presents a high‐power ASSB employing a novel, robust solid electrolyte (SE) with exceptionally high stability at the lithium metal/SE interface, achieved via site‐specific Nb doping in the argyrodite structure. Pentavalent Nb incorporation into Wyckoff 48 h sites enhances structural stability, as confirmed by neutron diffraction, X‐ray absorption spectroscopy, magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance, and density functional theory calculations. While Nb doping slightly reduces ionic conductivity, it significantly improves interfacial stability, suppressing dendrite formation and enabling a full cell capable of charging in just 6 min (10‐C rate, 16 mA cm −2 ). This study highlights, for the first time, that electrochemical stability, rather than ionic conductivity, is key to achieving high‐power performance, advancing the commercialization of lithium metal‐based ASSBs.
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OpenAlex topics: Advancements in Battery Materials · Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies · Thermal Expansion and Ionic Conductivity

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Affiliations

Research Institute of Industrial Technology and Science (RIST) POSCO global R&D Center Yeonsu‐gu Incheon Republic of Korea

LiB Materials Research Center, POSCO N.EX.T Hub, POSCO Holdings POSCO global R&D center Yeonsu‐gu Incheon Republic of Korea

Department of Energy and Materials Engineering Dongguk University‐Seoul Seoul Republic of Korea

Energy Storage Research Center Korea Institute of Science and Technology Seoul Republic of Korea

Analysis and Assessment R&D Group Research Institute of Industrial Science and Technology (RIST) Pohang Republic of Korea

Companhia Brasileira de Metalurgia e Mineração (CBMM) Araxá Minas Gerais Brazil

Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering Hanyang University, Ansan, Republic of Korea

Funding

Companhia Brasileira de Metalurgia e Mineração

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