Suppression of Lithium Dendrite Growth Using Cross-Linked Polyethylene/Poly(ethylene oxide) Electrolytes: A New Approach for Practical Lithium-Metal Polymer Batteries
Abstract
Solid polymer electrolyte (SPE) membranes are a critical component of high specific energy rechargeable Li-metal polymer (LMP) batteries. SPEs exhibit low volatility and thus increase the safety of Li-based batteries compared to current state-of-the-art Li-ion batteries that use flammable small-molecule electrolytes. However, most SPEs exhibit low ionic conductivity at room temperature, and often allow the growth of lithium dendrites that short-circuit the batteries. Both of these deficiencies are significant barriers to the commercialization of LMP batteries. Herein we report a cross-linked polyethylene/poly(ethylene oxide) SPE with both high ionic conductivity (>1.0 × 10–4 S/cm at 25 °C) and excellent resistance to dendrite growth. It has been proposed that SPEs with shear moduli of the same order of magnitude as lithium could be used to suppress dendrite growth, leading to increased lifetime and safety for LMP batteries. In contrast to the theoretical predictions, the low-modulus (G' ≈ 1.0 × 105 Pa at 90 °C) cross-linked SPEs reported herein exhibit remarkable dendrite growth resistance. These results suggest that a high-modulus SPE is not a requirement for the control of dendrite proliferation.
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Baker Laboratory, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Olin Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Energy Materials Center at Cornell (EMC2); Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States)
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- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1234558
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1387933
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0001086
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- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Journal of the American Chemical Society
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Journal of the American Chemical Society Journal Volume: 136 Journal Issue: 20; Journal ID: ISSN 0002-7863
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 25 ENERGY STORAGE; ionic conductivity; batteries; dendrons; electrolytes; polymers; catalysis (homogeneous); catalysis (heterogeneous); energy storage (including batteries and capacitors); hydrogen and fuel cells; defects; charge transport; membrane; materials and chemistry by design; synthesis (novel materials); synthesis (self-assembly); synthesis (scalable processing)
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Khurana, Rachna, Schaefer, Jennifer L., Archer, Lynden A., and Coates, Geoffrey W. Suppression of Lithium Dendrite Growth Using Cross-Linked Polyethylene/Poly(ethylene oxide) Electrolytes: A New Approach for Practical Lithium-Metal Polymer Batteries. United States: N. p., 2014.
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Khurana, Rachna, Schaefer, Jennifer L., Archer, Lynden A., & Coates, Geoffrey W. Suppression of Lithium Dendrite Growth Using Cross-Linked Polyethylene/Poly(ethylene oxide) Electrolytes: A New Approach for Practical Lithium-Metal Polymer Batteries. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja502133j
Khurana, Rachna, Schaefer, Jennifer L., Archer, Lynden A., and Coates, Geoffrey W. Tue .
"Suppression of Lithium Dendrite Growth Using Cross-Linked Polyethylene/Poly(ethylene oxide) Electrolytes: A New Approach for Practical Lithium-Metal Polymer Batteries". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja502133j.
@article{osti_1234558,
title = {Suppression of Lithium Dendrite Growth Using Cross-Linked Polyethylene/Poly(ethylene oxide) Electrolytes: A New Approach for Practical Lithium-Metal Polymer Batteries},
author = {Khurana, Rachna and Schaefer, Jennifer L. and Archer, Lynden A. and Coates, Geoffrey W.},
abstractNote = {Solid polymer electrolyte (SPE) membranes are a critical component of high specific energy rechargeable Li-metal polymer (LMP) batteries. SPEs exhibit low volatility and thus increase the safety of Li-based batteries compared to current state-of-the-art Li-ion batteries that use flammable small-molecule electrolytes. However, most SPEs exhibit low ionic conductivity at room temperature, and often allow the growth of lithium dendrites that short-circuit the batteries. Both of these deficiencies are significant barriers to the commercialization of LMP batteries. Herein we report a cross-linked polyethylene/poly(ethylene oxide) SPE with both high ionic conductivity (>1.0 × 10–4 S/cm at 25 °C) and excellent resistance to dendrite growth. It has been proposed that SPEs with shear moduli of the same order of magnitude as lithium could be used to suppress dendrite growth, leading to increased lifetime and safety for LMP batteries. In contrast to the theoretical predictions, the low-modulus (G' ≈ 1.0 × 105 Pa at 90 °C) cross-linked SPEs reported herein exhibit remarkable dendrite growth resistance. These results suggest that a high-modulus SPE is not a requirement for the control of dendrite proliferation.},
doi = {10.1021/ja502133j},
journal = {Journal of the American Chemical Society},
number = 20,
volume = 136,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Apr 22 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Tue Apr 22 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
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