{"id":223838,"date":"2025-10-23T12:10:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T17:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/solid-electrolytes-unique-atomic-structure-helps-next-generation-batteries-keep-their-cool"},"modified":"2025-10-23T12:10:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T17:10:28","slug":"solid-electrolytes-unique-atomic-structure-helps-next-generation-batteries-keep-their-cool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/solid-electrolytes-unique-atomic-structure-helps-next-generation-batteries-keep-their-cool","title":{"rendered":"Solid electrolyte\u2019s unique atomic structure helps next-generation batteries keep their cool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/solid-electrolytes-unique-atomic-structure-helps-next-generation-batteries-keep-their-cool.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A team of UC Riverside engineers has discovered why a key solid-state battery material stays remarkably cool during operation\u2014a breakthrough that could help make the next generation of lithium batteries safer and more powerful.<\/p>\n<p>The study, <a href=\"https:\/\/link.aps.org\/doi\/10.1103\/6wj2-kzhh\" target=\"_blank\">published<\/a> in <i>PRX Energy<\/i>, focused on a <a href=\"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/tags\/ceramic+material\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">ceramic material<\/a> known as LLZTO\u2014short for lithium lanthanum zirconium tantalum oxide. The substance is a promising solid electrolyte for solid-state <a href=\"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/tags\/rechargeable+batteries\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">rechargeable batteries<\/a>, which could deliver higher energy density than today\u2019s lithium-ion batteries while reducing overheating and fire risks.<\/p>\n<p>The study\u2019s title is \u201cOrigin of Intrinsically Low Thermal Conductivity in a Garnet-Type Solid Electrolyte: Linking Lattice and Ionic Dynamics with Thermal Transport.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A team of UC Riverside engineers has discovered why a key solid-state battery material stays remarkably cool during operation\u2014a breakthrough that could help make the next generation of lithium batteries safer and more powerful. The study, published in PRX Energy, focused on a ceramic material known as LLZTO\u2014short for lithium lanthanum zirconium tantalum oxide. The [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1497,1635],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-223838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy","category-materials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223838\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}