# Microstructural Insights Into LATP Ceramic Nanofibers for High‐Performance Quasi‐Solid‐State Batteries

## TL;DR

A new green method creates ceramic nanofibers that improve battery performance by enabling high ionic conductivity and stability in solid-state batteries.

## Contribution

A sustainable electrospinning method to synthesize LATP ceramic nanofibers for high-performance quasi-solid-state batteries.

## Key findings

- LATP-30 composite electrolyte achieves 0.21 mS cm−1 ionic conductivity at room temperature.
- LFP|LATP-30|Li cells retain 153 mAh g−1 after 300 cycles with 97% capacity retention.
- The material suppresses lithium dendrite growth and achieves a critical current density of 10 mA cm−2.

## Abstract

Composite solid‐state electrolytes (CPEs) offer great potential for advancing quasi‐solid‐state lithium metal batteries (QSLMBs) due to their high ionic conductivity, electrochemical performance, and thermal stability. However, conventional CPEs, formed by incorporating ceramic particles into polymer matrices, often fail to significantly improve critical current density and rate performance. This study presents a green synthesis of NASICON‐type Li1.4Al0.4Ti1.6(PO4)3 ceramic nanofibers (LATP‐NFs) via electrospinning. It optimizes parameters such as solvent type, polymer and LATP precursor concentrations, heating rates, and calcination temperatures to control LATP‐NF microstructures. Embedding 30 wt.% LATP‐NF (LATP‐30) into a poly(vinylidene fluoride)‐lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (PVDF‐LiTFSI) matrix yields a CPE with reasonable ionic conductivity of 0.21 mS cm−1 at room temperature (RT), good thermal and electrochemical stability (>5 V), and enhanced mechanical strength. LATP‐30 effectively suppresses lithium dendrite growth, achieving a high critical current density of 10 mA cm−2. The LFP|LATP‐30|Li cell delivers 169 mAh g−1 at 0.1 C and maintains capacities of 122, 111, and 101 mAh g−1 at 3, 5, and 10 C, respectively. It retains 153 mAh g−1 after 300 cycles, with 97% capacity retention at 0.5C. This work demonstrates a sustainable and non‐toxic strategy for synthesizing LATP‐NFs for high‐performance QSLMBs.

A sustainable electrospinning technique produces LATP ceramic nanofibers that form continuous Li⁺‐conductive pathways within composite solid electrolytes. The resulting quasi‐solid‐state batteries combine the strength of ceramic nanofibers with the flexibility of polymers, delivering high critical current density and excellent rate performance at room temperature—bridging the gap between liquid and solid‐state lithium battery technologies.