Primary solid state batteries

Low - cost, easily fabricated dry cells were constructed by gluing a composite conducting material or a metal sulphide on magnesium or aluminium foils, using a solid electrolyte made from polyvinyl - pyrolidone. Composite conducting materials consisted of polypyrrole and polyaniline incorporated into an inorganic or polymer matrix or cupric oxide incorporated into a styrene - butadiene copolymer matrix. The efficiency, energy densities and voltage values of the cells were in the range 0.5 – 18.3 mWh cm⁻³, 9 – 339 wh kg⁻¹ and 0.5 – 2.0 V, respectively. The energy densities of the cells were up to seventeen times more than the energy density of the PbO₂ -H₂SO₄ - Pb multiple charge / discharge system and up to ten times more than the energy density of the nickel / cadmium rechargeable cell. A dry cell composed solely from polymers was constructed with cell voltage 0.25 – 0.50 V and efficiency ranging from 0.07 to 0.13 mWh cm⁻³ ten times lower than other commercial cells. Paper presented at the 1st Euroconference on Solid State Ionics, Zakynthos, Greece, 11–18 Sept. 1994     

Lithium ion conductors of polyion complexes dispersed with LiClO4 and their application to solid-state batteries

Polyion complexes between poly(sodium acrylate) $\text{2}$ and polybrene $\text{3}$, or poly(2-acrylamino-2-methylpropane sulfonate) $\text{2}$ and $\text{2}$ were synthesized. After removing sodium bromide, these polymers were dispersed with LiClO₄, and their Li⁺ conductivities were measured at 80 ～ 200°C. Their ionic conductivities changed from 10^-3 to 10^-8 S cm^-1 at 100 ～ 200°C. These polymers and poly(ethylene oxide) dispersed with LiBF₄ were used as solid electrolytes of Li-activated carbon fiber (ACF) batteries and ACF-ACF capacitor.     

Lithium ion batteries cathode material: V2O5

Among all the known electrode materials, vanadium pentoxide (V₂O₅) has high reversible capacity. It is a very valuable material for research of the complexity, rich structure and morphology. However, it also has some disadvantages, such as poor cycle stability, low discharge voltage, low conductivity and Li⁺ diffusion coefficient. In this regard, researchers have carried out a lot of research, such as using various methods to improve the nanostructures, introducing heterostructures, introducing point defects or cation doping in the crystal structure, etc. The electrochemical performance of V₂O₅ has been significantly improved in reversible capacity, high-rate capacity and long-term cycle stability. In this paper, V₂O₅ based nanostructure with different chemical composition are briefly introduced, and it covers V₂O₅ nanomaterials with different morphology, including 1D nanorods, nanobelts, nanotubes, 2D leaf like nanosheets and other nanosheets, and 3D hollow structures, porous nanostructures, porous eggshell microsphere structures. The composite nanomaterials of V₂O₅ and different carbonaceous supports are also introduced. Finally, the V₂O₅ composite materials doped with cations are discussed. The electrochemical performance of V₂O₅ based electrode can be improved effectively by obtaining appropriate nanostructure and optimized chemical composition.     

Magnesium ion conducting solid polymer blend electrolyte based on biodegradable polymers and application in solid-state batteries

Ionics - Magnesium ion conducting solid polymer blend electrolyte based on biodegradable polymers polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP) mixed with different molecular weight...     

Lithium scandium phosphate-based electrolytes for solid state lithium rechargeable microbatteries

Li₃Sc₂(PO₄)₃ is a promising candidate for use as an electrolyte in solid state lithium rechargeable microbatteries due to its stability in air, ease of preparation, and resistance to dielectric breakdown. The room temperature ionic conductivity was optimized resulting in an increase of over two orders of magnitude to 3×10⁻⁶S/cm. The formation of Li₃(Sc_2−xM_x)(PO₄)₃, where M=Al³⁺ or Y³⁺, resulted in the decrease of porosity, greater sinterability, and considerable enhancement of the ionic conductivity. Yttrium substitutions enhanced the conductivity slightly while aluminum increased the room temperature ionic conductivity to 1.5×10⁻⁵S/cm for x=0.4. Preliminary electron beam evaporation of Li₃Sc₂(PO₄)₃ yielded amorphous thin films with ion ic conductivity as high as 5×10⁻⁵S/cm and a composition of Li_4.8Sc_1.4(PO₄)₃.     

Recent progress of glass and glass-ceramics as solid electrolytes for lithium secondary batteries

In recent years many new glass-based solid electrolytes with high Li⁺ conductivity have been developed. In the present paper, we review the preparation and characterization of Li₂S-based oxysulfide glasses and sulfide glass-ceramics on the basis of two strategies of enhancing Li⁺ conductivity: the utilization of “mixed-anion effect” by combining sulfide and oxide anions, and the precipitation of superionic metastable crystals by careful heat-treatment of glasses. The superior Li⁺ conducting solid electrolytes with the highest conductivity and the lowest activation energy for conduction have been achieved in the Li₂S–P₂S₅ glass-ceramics. The use of these glass-ceramic solid electrolytes leads to the development of a bulk-type all solid-state lithium secondary battery with excellent cycling performance.     

Concentrated spin glass state in solid solutions of antiferromagnetic garnets

Conclusion Experimental data obtained in the present work provide evidence for the fact that in magnetic dielectrics with competing exchange interactions, and in particular, in compounds with the garnet structure, various disordered phases of the spin glass type may be realized. The peculiarity of these phases lies in the fact that they occur in magnetically concentrated systems, and their nature is not related to any of the mechanism of spin glass state noted in the introduction. For this reason, physical properties of solid solutions of antiferromagnetic garnets, in which spin glass state is observed, apparently, differ from the corresponding characteristics of traditional spin glasses. In particular, our measurements have shown that the character of the maximum in dependence in MnFeG does not depend on whether the sample was cooled in a magnetic field below T_o or in the absence of the field. We were also not successful in observing any signs of relaxation behavior in MnFeG magnetization when the field was turned on and off. In CaFeCrG, there is no frequency dependence of the maximum of (T).On the other hand, the microscopic mechanism of formation of a spin glass state in the garnets studied is undoubtfully related to frustrations which occur because of the peculiar topology of exchange interactions in the garnet structure. In this sense, MnFeG, CaFeCrG, and MnFeCrG may be characterized as topological spin glasses occurring in solid solutions of those antiferromagnetic garnets which have different propagation vectors of magnetic structures.In conclusion, we note that results that we have obtained point to the existence in solid solutions of magnetic dielectrics with antiferromagnetic exchange interactions of compounds with qualitatively new, peculiar magnetic properties, and from this point of view it is of great interest to study them further.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 10, pp. 91–104, October, 1984.     

Characterization of solid electrolytes prepared from ionic glass and ionic liquid for all-solid-state lithium batteries

Glassy solid electrolytes were prepared by combining the 50Li₂SO₄·50Li₃BO₃ (mol%) ionic glass and the 1-ethyl-3-methyl-imidazolium tetrafluoroborate ([EMI]BF₄) ionic liquid. High-energy ball milling was carried out for the mixture of the inorganic ionic glass and the organic ionic liquid. The ambient temperature conductivity of the glass electrolyte with 10 mol% [EMI]BF₄ was 10⁻⁴ S cm⁻¹, which was three orders of magnitude higher than that of the 50Li₂SO₄·50Li₃BO₃ glass. The addition of [EMI]BF₄ to the ionic glass decreased glass transition temperature (T_g) of the glass and the decrease of T_g is closely related to the enhancement of conductivity of the glass. Morphology and local structure of the glass electrolyte was characterized. The dissolution of an ionic liquid in an ionic glass with Li⁺ ion conductivity is a novel way to developing glass electrolytes for all-solid-state lithium secondary batteries.     

Four-mode coherent-entangled state and its application

A new kind of four-mode continuous variable coherent-entangled state is proposed in the Fock space by using the technique of integration within an ordered product, which exhibits both the properties of a coherent state and an entangled state, and spans a complete and orthonormal representation. The conjugate state of the four-mode continuous variable coherent-entangled state is derived by using the Fourier transformation. Moreover, a simple experimental protocol of generating a four-mode continuous variable coherent-entangled state is proposed by using beam splitters. As applications of this four-mode continuous variable coherent-entangled state, a four-mode entangled state and a four-mode squeezing-Fresnel operator are constructed.     

Four-mode coherent-entangled state and its application

A new kind of four-mode continuous variable coherent-entangled state is proposed in the Fock space by using the technique of integration within an ordered product,which exhibits both the properties of a coherent state and an entangled state,and spans a complete and orthonormal representation.The conjugate state of the four-mode continuous variable coherent-entangled state is derived by using the Fourier transformation.Moreover,a simple experimental protocol of generating a four-mode continuous variable coherent-entangled state is proposed by using beam splitters.As applications of this four-mode continuous variable coherent-entangled state,a four-mode entangled state and a four-mode squeezing-Fresnel operator are constructed.     

Quasienergy anholonomy and its application to adiabatic quantum state manipulation

The parametric dependence of a quantum map under the influence of a rank-1 perturbation is investigated. While the Floquet operator of the map and its spectrum have a common period with respect to the perturbation strength lambda, we show an example in which none of the quasienergies nor the eigenvectors obey the same period: After a periodic increment of lambda, the quasienergy arrives at the nearest higher one, instead of the initial one, exhibiting an anholonomy, which governs another anholonomy of the eigenvectors. An application to quantum state manipulations is outlined.     

Majorana modes in solid state systems and its dynamics

We review the properties of Majorana fermions in particle physics and point out that Majorana modes in solid state systems are significantly different. The key reason is the concept of anti-particle in solid state systems is different from its counterpart in particle physics. We define Majorana modes as the eigenstates of Majorana operators and find that they can exist both at edges and in the bulk. According to our definition, only one single Majorana mode can exist in a system no matter at edges or in the bulk. Kitaev’s spinless p-wave superconductor is used to illustrate our results and the dynamical behavior of the Majorana modes.     

Enhancement of Kerr nonlinearity and its application to entangled state discrimination

In this paper, the recent research on the enhanced Kerr nonlinearity and its application in entangled state discrimination is reported. Two kinds of dynamics, including interacting double dark resonances and spontaneously generated coherence, are presented to enhance the Kerr nonlinearity. The application of Kerr nonlinearity in quantum state discrimination is also discussed. An arbitrary Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger state can be discriminated using two-photon polarization parity detection which resorts to cross-Kerr nonlinearity between a single-photon qubit and probe field. In addition, a scheme for Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger state discrimination of matter qubits is also proposed using the dipole induced transparency in a cavity-dipole system.      

Thermal vacuum state corresponding to squeezed chaotic light and its application

For the density operator(mixed state) describing squeezed chaotic light(SCL) we search for its thermal vacuum state(a pure state) in the real-fictitious space. Using the method of integration within ordered product(IWOP) of operators we find that it is a kind of one- and two-mode combinatorial squeezed state. Its application in evaluating the quantum fluctuation of photon number reveals: the stronger the squeezing is, the larger a fluctuation appears. The second-order degree of coherence of SCL is also deduced which shows that SCL is classic. The new thermal vacuum state also helps to derive the Wigner function of SCL.     

An equation of state for condensed matter; application to solid chemical elements

A particularly simple equation of state derived from the definitions of the compressibility k and the volume thermal expansion β of homogeneous condensed phases is applied to 100 solid elemental species, which are found to show two types of colligative characteristics: typical elements whose compressibility and expansivity depend on the packing coefficient of the crystal structures and isovalent elements whose values of k and β depend on the valence of the element in the solid state.     

Internal modification of glass by ultrashort laser pulse and its application to microwelding

Internal modification process of glass by ultrashort laser pulse (USLP) and its applications to microwelding of glass are presented. A simulation model is developed, which can determine intensity distribution of absorbed laser energy, nonlinear absorptivity and temperature distribution at different pulse repetition rates and pulse energies in internal modification of bulk glass with fs- and ps-laser pulses from experimental modified structure. The formation process of the dual-structured internal modification is clarified, which consists of a teardrop-shaped inner structure and an elliptical outer structure, corresponding to the laser-absorbing region and heat-affected molten region, respectively. Nonlinear absorptivity at high pulse repetition rates increases due to the increase in the thermally excited free electron density for avalanche ionization. USLP enables crack-free welding of glass because the shrinkage stress is suppressed by producing embedded molten pool by nonlinear absorption process, in contrast to conventional continuous wave laser welding where cracks cannot be avoided due to shrinkage stress produced in cooling process. Microwelding techniques of glass by USLP have been developed to join glass/glass and Si/glass using optically contacted sample pairs. The strength of the weld joint as high as that of base material is obtained without pre- and post-heating in glass/glass welding. In Si/glass welding, excellent joint performances competitive with anodic bonding in terms of joint strength and process throughput have been attained.     

Lithium nitride and related materials case study of the use of modern solid state research techniques

Lithium nitride is a solid electrolyte with a high Li⁺-conductivity at ambient temperatures and attractive properties for an application in a primary battery. The proposed presence of a polarizable ion N^3- in the unique hexagonal structure could be proved by measurements of Czochralski-grown single crystals applying the methods of modern solid state science, particular X-ray diffraction. A model for the conduction mechanism of the Li⁺-ions is presented. Using crystal-chemical considerations a material for application at higher temperatures could be found among the lithium-nitride-halides.     

TiO2-reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite for high-rate application of lithium ion batteries

Ionics - TiO2-reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite has been synthesized by a facile hydrothermal process. The structure and morphology have been characterized by X-ray diffraction and scanning...