With the increasing use of Li batteries for storage, their safety issues and energy densities are attracting considerable attention. Recently, replacing liquid organic electrolytes with solid‐state electrolytes (SSE) has been hailed as the key to developing safe and high‐energy‐density Li batteries. In particular, Li1+
Additive manufacturing of solid-state batteries is advantageous for improving the power density by increasing the geometric complexity of battery components, such as electrodes and electrolytes. In the present study, bulk three-dimensional Li1+
- PAR ID:
- 10490654
- Publisher / Repository:
- IOP Publishing
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Physics: Energy
- Volume:
- 6
- Issue:
- 2
- ISSN:
- 2515-7655
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- Medium: X Size: Article No. 025006
- Size(s):
- Article No. 025006
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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