The Fabrication of All-Solid-State Lithium-Ion Batteries via Spark Plasma Sintering

Spark plasma sintering (SPS) has been successfully used to produce all-solid-state lithium-ion batteries (ASSLibs). Both regular and functionally graded electrodes are implemented into novel three-layer and five-layer battery designs together with solid-state composite electrolyte. The electrical capacities and the conductivities of the SPS-processed ASSLibs are evaluated using the galvanostatic charge-discharge test. Experimental results have shown that, compared to the three-layer battery, the five-layer battery is able to improve energy and power densities. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) is employed to examine the microstructures of the batteries especially at the electrode-electrolyte interfaces. It reveals that the functionally graded structure can eliminate the delamination effect at the electrode-electrolyte interface and, therefore, retains better performance.