Polymer lithium-garnet interphase for an all-solid-state rechargeable battery

A thin coating of a garnet surface by a Li+-conducting polymer with a transfer number of 0.9 is shown to suppress dendrite formation and to reduce greatly the interfacial resistance. A coulombic efficiency near 100% with a single thin polymer coat can provide Li/garnet/LiFePO4 all-solid-state cell with a long cycle life.163