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Title: Conductive Polymer Binder for High-Tap-Density Nanosilicon Material for Lithium-Ion Battery Negative Electrode Application

Abstract

High-tap-density silicon nanomaterials are highly desirable as anodes for lithium ion batteries, due to their small surface area and minimum first-cycle loss. However, this material poses formidable challenges to polymeric binder design. Binders adhere on to the small surface area to sustain the drastic volume changes during cycling; also the low porosities and small pore size resulting from this material are detrimental to lithium ion transport. This study introduces a new binder, poly(1-pyrenemethyl methacrylate-co-methacrylic acid) (PPyMAA), for a high-tap-density nanosilicon electrode cycled in a stable manner with a first cycle efficiency of 82%-a value that is further improved to 87% when combined with graphite material. Incorporating the MAA acid functionalities does not change the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) features or lower the adhesion performance of the PPy homopolymer. Our single-molecule force microscopy measurement of PPyMAA reveals similar adhesion strength between polymer binder and anode surface when compared with conventional polymer such as homopolyacrylic acid (PAA), while being electronically conductive. Finally, the combined conductivity and adhesion afforded by the MAA and pyrene copolymer results in good cycling performance for the high-tap-density Si electrode.

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  1. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Energy Storage and Distributed Resources Division, Energy Technologies Area
  2. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Bioengineering and Materials Science and Engineering
  3. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Advanced Light Source (ALS)
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Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Vehicle Technologies Office (EE-3V); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Institutes of Health (NIH)
OSTI Identifier:
1426721
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231; R37 DE014193
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nano Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 15; Journal Issue: 12; Journal ID: ISSN 1530-6984
Publisher:
American Chemical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
25 ENERGY STORAGE; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Conductive polymer binder; high tap density; lithium-ion battery; silicon nanoparticle; single molecule force

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Zhao, Hui, Wei, Yang, Qiao, Ruimin, Zhu, Chenhui, Zheng, Ziyan, Ling, Min, Jia, Zhe, Bai, Ying, Fu, Yanbao, Lei, Jinglei, Song, Xiangyun, Battaglia, Vincent S., Yang, Wanli, Messersmith, Phillip B., and Liu, Gao. Conductive Polymer Binder for High-Tap-Density Nanosilicon Material for Lithium-Ion Battery Negative Electrode Application. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b03003.
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Zhao, Hui, Wei, Yang, Qiao, Ruimin, Zhu, Chenhui, Zheng, Ziyan, Ling, Min, Jia, Zhe, Bai, Ying, Fu, Yanbao, Lei, Jinglei, Song, Xiangyun, Battaglia, Vincent S., Yang, Wanli, Messersmith, Phillip B., & Liu, Gao. Conductive Polymer Binder for High-Tap-Density Nanosilicon Material for Lithium-Ion Battery Negative Electrode Application. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b03003
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Zhao, Hui, Wei, Yang, Qiao, Ruimin, Zhu, Chenhui, Zheng, Ziyan, Ling, Min, Jia, Zhe, Bai, Ying, Fu, Yanbao, Lei, Jinglei, Song, Xiangyun, Battaglia, Vincent S., Yang, Wanli, Messersmith, Phillip B., and Liu, Gao. Tue . "Conductive Polymer Binder for High-Tap-Density Nanosilicon Material for Lithium-Ion Battery Negative Electrode Application". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b03003. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1426721.
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@article{osti_1426721,
title = {Conductive Polymer Binder for High-Tap-Density Nanosilicon Material for Lithium-Ion Battery Negative Electrode Application},
author = {Zhao, Hui and Wei, Yang and Qiao, Ruimin and Zhu, Chenhui and Zheng, Ziyan and Ling, Min and Jia, Zhe and Bai, Ying and Fu, Yanbao and Lei, Jinglei and Song, Xiangyun and Battaglia, Vincent S. and Yang, Wanli and Messersmith, Phillip B. and Liu, Gao},
abstractNote = {High-tap-density silicon nanomaterials are highly desirable as anodes for lithium ion batteries, due to their small surface area and minimum first-cycle loss. However, this material poses formidable challenges to polymeric binder design. Binders adhere on to the small surface area to sustain the drastic volume changes during cycling; also the low porosities and small pore size resulting from this material are detrimental to lithium ion transport. This study introduces a new binder, poly(1-pyrenemethyl methacrylate-co-methacrylic acid) (PPyMAA), for a high-tap-density nanosilicon electrode cycled in a stable manner with a first cycle efficiency of 82%-a value that is further improved to 87% when combined with graphite material. Incorporating the MAA acid functionalities does not change the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) features or lower the adhesion performance of the PPy homopolymer. Our single-molecule force microscopy measurement of PPyMAA reveals similar adhesion strength between polymer binder and anode surface when compared with conventional polymer such as homopolyacrylic acid (PAA), while being electronically conductive. Finally, the combined conductivity and adhesion afforded by the MAA and pyrene copolymer results in good cycling performance for the high-tap-density Si electrode.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b03003},
journal = {Nano Letters},
number = 12,
volume = 15,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Nov 24 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Tue Nov 24 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}
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