Abstract:
Lithium-ion conductor Li
1.3Al
0.3Ti
1.7(PO
4)
3 with an ultrapure NASICON-type phase is syn-thesized by a 1,2-propylene glycol (1,2-PG)-assisted sol-gel method and characterized by differential thermal analysis-thermo gravimetric analysis, X-ray diffraction, scanning elec-tron microscopy, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, and chronoamperometry test.Due to the use of 1,2-PG, a homogeneous and light yellow transparent precursor solu-tion is obtained without the precipitation of Ti
4+ and Al
3+ with PO
43-. Well crystallizedLi
1.3Al
0.3Ti
1.7(PO
4)
3 can be prepared at much lower temperatures from 850 oC to 950 oC within a shorter synthesis time compared with that prepared at a temperature above 1000 oC by a conventional solid-state reaction method. The lithium ionic conductivity of the sintered pellets is up to 0.3 mS/cm at 50 oC with an activation energy as low as 36.6 kJ/mol for the specimen pre-sintered at 700 oC and sintered at 850 oC. The high conductivity, good chemi-cal stability and easy fabrication of the Li
1.3Al
0.3Ti
1.7(PO
4)
3 provide a promising candidate as solid electrolyte for all-solid-state Li-ion rechargeable batteries.