Cold sintering manufacturing approach solves fabrication challenge for solid-state electrolytes
https://techxplore.com/news/2025-04-cold-approach-fabrication-solid-state.html "high temperature hinders production, grain boundaries acting as defects hinder conductive ion transport... small amount of powder loaded in system's center cold sintered using heat, pressure, liquid solvent to create dense highly conductive/ stable polymer-in-ceramic composite... enables high-voltage cathodes, allowing battery to generate more energy... cold sintering also applicable to semiconductor and other manufacturing... future: support for large-scale production and recyclability" Related: Halogen-Free Polymer Electrolytes: A Sustainable Energy Solution https://www.azom.com/news.aspx?newsID=64531 How to make electrolytes more efficiently? Designing electrolytes by thermodynamics https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1083847 Breaking performance barriers of all solid state batteries https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1111929 Donut Lab’s 5-minute charging 100,000-cycle lifespan ...