6–10 Jul 2026
University of the Western Cape
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CHARACTERIZATION OF LITHIUM LANTHANUM ZIRCONIUM OXIDE (LLZO) FOR STRUCTURE AND PHASE ANALYSIS IN X-RAY DIFFRACTION FOR LI-ION BATTERIES APPLICATION

7 Jul 2026, 17:20
1h 20m
Great Hall (University of the Western Cape)

Great Hall

University of the Western Cape

Poster Presentation Track A - Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials Poster Session 1

Speaker

Kyalo N Kiteme

Description

In this work, a synthesized metal oxide Li3.5La 1.5 ZrO 6 (LLZO), a solid-state electrolyte, is characterized and studied to unveil its properties as an alternative to the liquid electrolyte currently used in lithium-ion batteries.
Lithium-ion batteries suffer from the formation of dendrites (swelling) and overheating while being charged/ discharged, sometimes resulting in thermal run-offs.
The following characteristics, i.e., phase fractions, lattice parameters, site occupancy, crystalline size, and microstructure, are obtained from an X-ray diffractometer ( Smart Lab Rigaku RU 300 X-ray Diffractometer) with a scan from 10 ° to 80 ° in steps of 0.002.
Finally, a Rietveld refinement procedure is performed using software to exhaustively characterize the LLZO for a study on solid-state oxide electrolytes for lithium-ion battery applications.

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Author

Co-authors

Prof. BM Mothudi (UNISA) Prof. M S DHLAMINI (UNISA)

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