Clean Energy Capability Portfolio | Storage Technologies |
Electrolytes and Thin Films for Solid State
Batteries
Battery safety is a key challenge , as is the practical implementation of batteries over a wide range of temperatures without additional heating or cooling . Solid-state batteries overcome these challenges by providing inherently safe batteries that are stable over applicable temperature ranges . |
Competitive Advantage • Expertise in materials development
• Analysis of conductivity and diffusion at bulk and atomic scales
• Spectroscopic and crystallographic methods for characterising materials
• Working towards the development of all-solid-state thin film batteries
Impact • Understanding the role of grains and grain boundaries on bulk diffusion
• Evaluating the type of atomic-scale diffusion
• Linking structure to local and long-range diffusion
• Using in situ methods to elucidate phase evolution
Successful Applications |
• Access to key analytical techniques , solid-state NMR , surface analysis and electron microscopy
• Surface characterisation with scanning probe microscopy methods
• Use of unconventional techniques , such as quasielastic and inelastic neutron scattering
More Information Professor Neeraj Sharma
School of Chemistry
T : + 61 2 9385 4714
E : neeraj . sharma @ unsw . edu . au
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• Developed a testing apparatus for the operando study of thin film batteries using synchrotron X-ray diffraction during operation |
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• Built and tested electrode-electrolyte combinations |
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Capabilities and Facilities |
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• Materials synthesis |
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• Pulsed laser deposition growth of specific electrodes |
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• Lithium deposition procedures and apparatus under evaluation |
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