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

30 June 2025, Version 1

Abstract

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 Li2-xFeCl4 (02 mA h cm 2) at practical current densities (0.5 mA cm 2) over 200 cycles. Our findings position LFC as a commercially viable CAM, paving the way for cost-effective, high-performance ASSBs.

Keywords

Cathode Active Material
Lithium Iron Chloride
Halospinel
Mixed Ionic-Electronic Conductor
All-Solid-State Battery
Lithium-Ion Battery

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