Publications by authors named "Aamir Iqbal Waidha"

With the current global projection of over 130 million electric vehicles (EVs), there soon will be a need for battery waste management. Especially for all-solid-state lithium-ion batteries (lithium ASSBs), aspects of waste management and circular economy have not been addressed so far. Within such ASSBs, the use of solid-electrolytes like garnet-type Li La Zr Ta O (LLZTO) may shift focus on strategies to recover not only the transition metal elements but also elements like La/Zr/Ta.

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In this study we present gas-phase fluorination as a method to create a thin LiF layer on LiLaZrTaO (LLZTO). We compared these fluorinated films with LiF films produced by RF-magnetron sputtering, where we investigated the interface between the LLZTO and the deposited LiF showing no formation of a reaction layer. Furthermore, we investigated the ability of this LiF layer as a protection layer against LiCO formation in ambient air.

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All-solid-state lithium ion batteries (ASS-LIBs) are promising due to their safety and higher energy density as compared to that of conventional LIBs. Over the next few decades, tremendous amounts of spent ASS-LIBs will reach the end of their cycle life and would require recycling in order to address the waste management issue along with reduced exploitation of rare elements. So far, only very limited studies have been conducted on recycling of ASS-LIBS.

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Composite electrolytes comprising a polymer plus Li salt matrix and embedded fillers have the potential of realizing high lithium-ion conductivity, good mechanical properties, wide electrochemical operational window, and stability against metallic lithium, all of which are essential for the development of high-energy-density all-solid-state lithium-ion batteries. In this study, a solvent-free approach has been used to prepare composite electrolytes with tetragonal and cubic phase garnets synthesized nebulized spray pyrolysis with polyethylene oxide (PEO) being the polymer component. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) is used to examine a series of composites with different garnets and weight fractions.

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A new vacancy ordered, anion deficient perovskite modification with composition of BaCoO (Ba Co O □ ) has been prepared via a two-step heating process. Combined Rietveld analysis of neutron and X-ray powder diffraction data shows a novel ordering of oxygen vacancies not known before for barium cobaltates. A combination of neutron powder diffraction, magnetic measurements, and density functional theory (DFT) studies confirms G-type antiferromagnetic ordering.

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A new highly oxygen deficient metastable modification of perovskite-related BaCoO2+δ (δ ∼ 0.01-0.02) has been prepared using high temperature reactions with short heating times.

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Perovskite oxides exhibiting mixed protonic and electronic conductivities have interesting applications in protonic ceramic fuel cells. In this work, we report on a hydrated phase of BaCoO1.80(OH)0.

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