Chemical interaction and enhanced interfacial ion transport in a ceramic nanofiber–polymer composite electrolyte for all-solid-state lithium metal batteries

Yang, Hui; Bright, Joeseph; Chen, Banghao; Zheng, Peng; Gao, Xuefei; Liu, Botong; Kasani, Sujan; Zhang, Xiangwu; Wu, Nianqiang

doi:10.1039/c9ta12495k

Title: Chemical interaction and enhanced interfacial ion transport in a ceramic nanofiber–polymer composite electrolyte for all-solid-state lithium metal batteries

Journal Article · Sat Mar 14 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Journal of Materials Chemistry. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c9ta12495k· OSTI ID:1799380

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West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV (United States)
Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States)
North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States)

This article reports the synergy between ceramic nanofibers and a polymer, and the enhanced interfacial Li-ion transport along the nanofiber/polymer interface in a solid-state ceramic/polymer composite electrolyte, in which a three-dimensional (3D) electrospun aluminum-doped Li_0.33La_0.557TiO₃ (LLTO) nanofiber network is embedded in a polyvinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene (PVDF-HFP) matrix. Strong chemical interaction occurs between the nanofibers and the polymer matrix. Addition of the ceramic nanofibers into the polymer matrix results in the dehydrofluorination of the PVDF chains, deprotonation of the –CH₂ moiety and amorphization of the polymer matrix. Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra reveal that lithium ions transport via three pathways: (i) intra-polymer transport, (ii) intra-nanofiber transport, and (iii) interfacial polymer/nanofiber transport. In addition, lithium phosphate is coated on the LLTO nanofiber surface before the nanofibers are embedded into the polymer matrix. The presence of lithium phosphate at the LLTO/polymer interface further enhances the chemical interaction between the nanofibers and the polymer, which promotes the lithium ion transport along the polymer/nanofiber interface. This in turn improves the ionic conductivity and electrochemical cycling stability of the nanofiber/polymer composite. As a result, the flexible LLTO/Li₃PO₄/polymer composite electrolyte membrane exhibits an ionic conductivity of 5.1 × 10^-4 S cm^-1 at room temperature and an electrochemical stability window of 5.0 V vs. Li/Li⁺. A symmetric Li|electrolyte|Li half-cell shows a low overpotential of 50 mV at a constant current density of 0.5 mA cm^-2 for more than 800 h. In addition, a full cell is constructed by sandwiching the composite electrolyte between a lithium metal anode and a LiFePO₄-based cathode. Such an all-solid-state lithium metal battery exhibits excellent cycling performance and rate capability.

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Research Organization:: West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

Grant/Contract Number:: EE0007806

OSTI ID:: 1799380

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1607943

Journal Information:: Journal of Materials Chemistry. A, Vol. 8, Issue 15; ISSN 2050-7488

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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