- By:
- Sacci, Robert L; McAuliffe, Rebecca D; Malkowski, Thomas F; Kidder, Nathan M; Chen, Xi ; Kirkham, Melanie J; Armstrong, Beth L; Daemen, Luc ; Veith, Gabriel M
- Journal Name:
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Page Number:
- 10012-10021
- Volume:
- 60
- Issue Number:
- 13
- Publication Date:
- August 19, 2026
- View DOI Listing:
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c01300
Abstract
In this work, we modified the reaction pathway to quickly (minutes) incorporate lithium and stabilize the ionic conducting garnet phase by decoupling the formation of a La–Zr–O network from the addition of lithium. To do this, we synthesized La2Zr2O7 (LZO) nanoparticles to which LiNO3 was added. This method is a departure from typical solid-state synthesis methods that require high-energy milling to promote mixing and intimate particle–particle contact and from sol–gel syntheses as a unique porous microstructure is obtained. We show that the reaction time is limited by the rate of nitrate decomposition and that this method produces a porous high-Li-ion-conducting cubic phase, within an hour, that may be used as a starting structure for a composite electrolyte.
