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Title: Elevated‐Temperature 3D Printing of Hybrid Solid‐State Electrolyte for Li‐Ion Batteries

Abstract

Abstract While 3D printing of rechargeable batteries has received immense interest in advancing the next generation of 3D energy storage devices, challenges with the 3D printing of electrolytes still remain. Additional processing steps such as solvent evaporation were required for earlier studies of electrolyte fabrication, which hindered the simultaneous production of electrode and electrolyte in an all‐3D‐printed battery. Here, a novel method is demonstrated to fabricate hybrid solid‐state electrolytes using an elevated‐temperature direct ink writing technique without any additional processing steps. The hybrid solid‐state electrolyte consists of solid poly(vinylidene fluoride‐hexafluoropropylene) matrices and a Li + ‐conducting ionic‐liquid electrolyte. The ink is modified by adding nanosized ceramic fillers to achieve the desired rheological properties. The ionic conductivity of the inks is 0.78  × 10 −3 S cm −1 . Interestingly, a continuous, thin, and dense layer is discovered to form between the porous electrolyte layer and the electrode, which effectively reduces the interfacial resistance of the solid‐state battery. Compared to the traditional methods of solid‐state battery assembly, the directly printed electrolyte helps to achieve higher capacities and a better rate performance. The direct fabrication of electrolyte from printable inks at an elevated temperature will shed new light on the design ofmore » all‐3D‐printed batteries for next‐generation electronic devices.« less

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ORCiD logo [1];  [1];  [2];  [3];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [4];  [1];  [5];  [6]
  1. Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago IL 60607 USA
  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering‐Engineering Mechanics Michigan Technological University Houghton MI 49931 USA
  3. Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago IL 60607 USA, Chemical Science and Engineering Division Argonne National Laboratory Chicago IL 60439 USA
  4. Department of Bioengineering University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago IL 60607 USA
  5. Chemical Science and Engineering Division Argonne National Laboratory Chicago IL 60439 USA
  6. Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago IL 60607 USA, Department of Mechanical Engineering‐Engineering Mechanics Michigan Technological University Houghton MI 49931 USA
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1465897
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Journal Name:
Advanced Materials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Advanced Materials Journal Volume: 30 Journal Issue: 39; Journal ID: ISSN 0935-9648
Publisher:
Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
Country of Publication:
Germany
Language:
English

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Cheng, Meng, Jiang, Yizhou, Yao, Wentao, Yuan, Yifei, Deivanayagam, Ramasubramonian, Foroozan, Tara, Huang, Zhennan, Song, Boao, Rojaee, Ramin, Shokuhfar, Tolou, Pan, Yayue, Lu, Jun, and Shahbazian‐Yassar, Reza. Elevated‐Temperature 3D Printing of Hybrid Solid‐State Electrolyte for Li‐Ion Batteries. Germany: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1002/adma.201800615.
Cheng, Meng, Jiang, Yizhou, Yao, Wentao, Yuan, Yifei, Deivanayagam, Ramasubramonian, Foroozan, Tara, Huang, Zhennan, Song, Boao, Rojaee, Ramin, Shokuhfar, Tolou, Pan, Yayue, Lu, Jun, & Shahbazian‐Yassar, Reza. Elevated‐Temperature 3D Printing of Hybrid Solid‐State Electrolyte for Li‐Ion Batteries. Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201800615
Cheng, Meng, Jiang, Yizhou, Yao, Wentao, Yuan, Yifei, Deivanayagam, Ramasubramonian, Foroozan, Tara, Huang, Zhennan, Song, Boao, Rojaee, Ramin, Shokuhfar, Tolou, Pan, Yayue, Lu, Jun, and Shahbazian‐Yassar, Reza. Tue . "Elevated‐Temperature 3D Printing of Hybrid Solid‐State Electrolyte for Li‐Ion Batteries". Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201800615.
@article{osti_1465897,
title = {Elevated‐Temperature 3D Printing of Hybrid Solid‐State Electrolyte for Li‐Ion Batteries},
author = {Cheng, Meng and Jiang, Yizhou and Yao, Wentao and Yuan, Yifei and Deivanayagam, Ramasubramonian and Foroozan, Tara and Huang, Zhennan and Song, Boao and Rojaee, Ramin and Shokuhfar, Tolou and Pan, Yayue and Lu, Jun and Shahbazian‐Yassar, Reza},
abstractNote = {Abstract While 3D printing of rechargeable batteries has received immense interest in advancing the next generation of 3D energy storage devices, challenges with the 3D printing of electrolytes still remain. Additional processing steps such as solvent evaporation were required for earlier studies of electrolyte fabrication, which hindered the simultaneous production of electrode and electrolyte in an all‐3D‐printed battery. Here, a novel method is demonstrated to fabricate hybrid solid‐state electrolytes using an elevated‐temperature direct ink writing technique without any additional processing steps. The hybrid solid‐state electrolyte consists of solid poly(vinylidene fluoride‐hexafluoropropylene) matrices and a Li + ‐conducting ionic‐liquid electrolyte. The ink is modified by adding nanosized ceramic fillers to achieve the desired rheological properties. The ionic conductivity of the inks is 0.78  × 10 −3 S cm −1 . Interestingly, a continuous, thin, and dense layer is discovered to form between the porous electrolyte layer and the electrode, which effectively reduces the interfacial resistance of the solid‐state battery. Compared to the traditional methods of solid‐state battery assembly, the directly printed electrolyte helps to achieve higher capacities and a better rate performance. The direct fabrication of electrolyte from printable inks at an elevated temperature will shed new light on the design of all‐3D‐printed batteries for next‐generation electronic devices.},
doi = {10.1002/adma.201800615},
journal = {Advanced Materials},
number = 39,
volume = 30,
place = {Germany},
year = {Tue Aug 21 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Tue Aug 21 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}

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