Combining ceramic and polymer into a solid-state electrolyte for a better lithium-ion battery

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-11-bridging-electrolyte-worlds-lithium-ion-battery.html

"Inorganic ceramic electrolytes offer high conductivity, and polymer electrolytes are easier to produce, more flexible and work better with electrodes... combined they produce a highly conductive, flexible electrolyte that is easier to synthesize... lithium tantalate filler mitigates separation—called a space-charge layer—between their constituent parts that otherwise limits their conductivity, and also provides an extra lithium-ion transport pathway... result: high conductivity and long-cycling life even at low temperatures"

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