Preparation and infiltration of NASICON-type solid electrolytes with microporous channels

A lithium-ion conductor with microporous channels (p-LATP) was prepared by using templates from a hydrothermal-assisted sol-gel method, and the as-prepared p-LATP was infiltrated to obtain p-LATP and d-LATPs composites in this work. SEM photos showed that the morphologies of p-LATP, d-LATP, and p-LATP and d-LATP composites were quite similar. XRD analysis showed that the crystallographic structures were also similar. TEM examinations revealed that microporous channels existed in the pure p-LATP and the p-LATP and d-LATP composites but not in the pure d-LATP. The total conductivities of the composites were higher than those of the pure p-LATP and pure d-LATP. The enhancement of the total conductivity of the composites was ascribed to the interaction of microporous channels and dense lithium-ion conducting areas. The promising results obtained in this work provide a new way to prepare solid lithium-ion conductors.