Materials Genomics Screens for Adaptive Ion Transport Behavior by Redox-Switchable Microporous Polymer Membranes in Lithium–Sulfur Batteries
Abstract
© 2017 American Chemical Society. Selective ion transport across membranes is critical to the performance of many electrochemical energy storage devices. While design strategies enabling ion-selective transport are well-established, enhancements in membrane selectivity are made at the expense of ionic conductivity. To design membranes with both high selectivity and high ionic conductivity, there are cues to follow from biological systems, where regulated transport of ions across membranes is achieved by transmembrane proteins. The transport functions of these proteins are sensitive to their environment: physical or chemical perturbations to that environment are met with an adaptive response. Here we advance an analogous strategy for achieving adaptive ion transport in microporous polymer membranes. Along the polymer backbone are placed redox-active switches that are activated in situ, at a prescribed electrochemical potential, by the device's active materials when they enter the membrane's pore. This transformation has little influence on the membrane's ionic conductivity; however, the active-material blocking ability of the membrane is enhanced. We show that when used in lithium-sulfur batteries, these membranes offer markedly improved capacity, efficiency, and cycle-life by sequestering polysulfides in the cathode. The origins and implications of this behavior are explored in detail and point to new opportunities formore »
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
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- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1353273
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- OSTI ID: 1369459; OSTI ID: 1379859
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- AC02-05CH11231
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- ACS Central Science
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- Journal Name: ACS Central Science; Journal ID: ISSN 2374-7943
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- American Chemical Society
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- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 25 ENERGY STORAGE
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Ward, Ashleigh L., Doris, Sean E., Li, Longjun, Hughes, Jr., Mark A., Qu, Xiaohui, Persson, Kristin A., and Helms, Brett A. Materials Genomics Screens for Adaptive Ion Transport Behavior by Redox-Switchable Microporous Polymer Membranes in Lithium–Sulfur Batteries. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1021/acscentsci.7b00012.
Ward, Ashleigh L., Doris, Sean E., Li, Longjun, Hughes, Jr., Mark A., Qu, Xiaohui, Persson, Kristin A., & Helms, Brett A. Materials Genomics Screens for Adaptive Ion Transport Behavior by Redox-Switchable Microporous Polymer Membranes in Lithium–Sulfur Batteries. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscentsci.7b00012
Ward, Ashleigh L., Doris, Sean E., Li, Longjun, Hughes, Jr., Mark A., Qu, Xiaohui, Persson, Kristin A., and Helms, Brett A. Thu .
"Materials Genomics Screens for Adaptive Ion Transport Behavior by Redox-Switchable Microporous Polymer Membranes in Lithium–Sulfur Batteries". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscentsci.7b00012.
@article{osti_1353273,
title = {Materials Genomics Screens for Adaptive Ion Transport Behavior by Redox-Switchable Microporous Polymer Membranes in Lithium–Sulfur Batteries},
author = {Ward, Ashleigh L. and Doris, Sean E. and Li, Longjun and Hughes, Jr., Mark A. and Qu, Xiaohui and Persson, Kristin A. and Helms, Brett A.},
abstractNote = {© 2017 American Chemical Society. Selective ion transport across membranes is critical to the performance of many electrochemical energy storage devices. While design strategies enabling ion-selective transport are well-established, enhancements in membrane selectivity are made at the expense of ionic conductivity. To design membranes with both high selectivity and high ionic conductivity, there are cues to follow from biological systems, where regulated transport of ions across membranes is achieved by transmembrane proteins. The transport functions of these proteins are sensitive to their environment: physical or chemical perturbations to that environment are met with an adaptive response. Here we advance an analogous strategy for achieving adaptive ion transport in microporous polymer membranes. Along the polymer backbone are placed redox-active switches that are activated in situ, at a prescribed electrochemical potential, by the device's active materials when they enter the membrane's pore. This transformation has little influence on the membrane's ionic conductivity; however, the active-material blocking ability of the membrane is enhanced. We show that when used in lithium-sulfur batteries, these membranes offer markedly improved capacity, efficiency, and cycle-life by sequestering polysulfides in the cathode. The origins and implications of this behavior are explored in detail and point to new opportunities for responsive membranes in battery technology development.},
doi = {10.1021/acscentsci.7b00012},
journal = {ACS Central Science},
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place = {United States},
year = {Thu Apr 27 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
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