During the past decade, solid-state batteries (SSB) have attracted scientific interest due to their anticipated superiority from the perspective of energy density and safety when compared to conventional lithium-ion batteries. To this end, sodium-ion battery could be able to achieve high
safety and energy density, therefore, is considered as a potential candidate to replace lithium-ion battery. Even though, significant improvements have been made, particularly in solid-state electrolytes, fundamental challenges remain for the solid-state systems in relation to chemistry, mechanics, and dynamics.

This study proposes to work towards a novel method to deposit and sinter solid-state electrolytes with improved overall properties by investigate the manufacture. This study will also focus on sintering of NASICON (Sodium (Na) Super Ionic CONductor).

The manufacture of NASICON by a solid-state method is done by ball mill, pellet press, calcination, hand grind and sintering procedures. This work focuses on using Near Infrared Radiation to sinter the NASICON with the aim to reduce the manufacture time from many hours to minutes.