Ion-Conductive, Viscosity-Tunable Hexagonal Boron Nitride Nanosheet Inks
Abstract
Liquid-phase exfoliation of layered solids holds promise for the scalable production of 2D nanosheets. When combined with suitable solvents and stabilizing polymers, the rheology of the resulting nanosheet dispersions can be tuned for a variety of additive manufacturing methods. While significant progress is made in the development of electrically conductive nanosheet inks, minimal effort is applied to ion-conductive nanosheet inks despite their central role in energy storage applications. In this work, the formulation of viscosity-tunable hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) inks compatible with a wide range of printing methods that span the spectrum from low-viscosity inkjet printing to high-viscosity blade coating is demonstrated. The inks are prepared by liquid-phase exfoliation with ethyl cellulose as the polymer dispersant and stabilizer. Thermal annealing of the printed structures volatilizes the polymer, resulting in a porous microstructure and the formation of a nanoscale carbonaceous coating on the hBN nanosheets, which promotes high wettability to battery electrolytes. The final result is a printed hBN nanosheet film that possesses high ionic conductivity, chemical and thermal stability, and electrically insulating character, which are ideal characteristics for printable battery components such as separators. Indeed, lithium-ion battery cells based on printed hBN separators reveal enhanced electrochemical performance that exceeds commercialmore »
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- Research Org.:
- Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Electrical Energy Storage (CEES); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); Sao Paulo Research Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1767455
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1546093
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357; 2017/15882-0; CMMI-1727846; AC02‐06CH1157
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Advanced Functional Materials
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 29; Journal Issue: 39; Journal ID: ISSN 1616-301X
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; energy storage (including batteries and capacitors); charge transport; materials and chemistry by design; synthesis (novel materials); blade coating; ethyl cellulose; hBn; inkjet printing; liquid-phase exfoliation
Citation Formats
Moraes, Ana M., Hyun, Woo Jin, Seo, Jung‐Woo T., Downing, Julia R., Lim, Jin‐Myoung, and Hersam, Mark C. Ion-Conductive, Viscosity-Tunable Hexagonal Boron Nitride Nanosheet Inks. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1002/adfm.201902245.
Moraes, Ana M., Hyun, Woo Jin, Seo, Jung‐Woo T., Downing, Julia R., Lim, Jin‐Myoung, & Hersam, Mark C. Ion-Conductive, Viscosity-Tunable Hexagonal Boron Nitride Nanosheet Inks. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201902245
Moraes, Ana M., Hyun, Woo Jin, Seo, Jung‐Woo T., Downing, Julia R., Lim, Jin‐Myoung, and Hersam, Mark C. Thu .
"Ion-Conductive, Viscosity-Tunable Hexagonal Boron Nitride Nanosheet Inks". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201902245. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1767455.
@article{osti_1767455,
title = {Ion-Conductive, Viscosity-Tunable Hexagonal Boron Nitride Nanosheet Inks},
author = {Moraes, Ana M. and Hyun, Woo Jin and Seo, Jung‐Woo T. and Downing, Julia R. and Lim, Jin‐Myoung and Hersam, Mark C.},
abstractNote = {Liquid-phase exfoliation of layered solids holds promise for the scalable production of 2D nanosheets. When combined with suitable solvents and stabilizing polymers, the rheology of the resulting nanosheet dispersions can be tuned for a variety of additive manufacturing methods. While significant progress is made in the development of electrically conductive nanosheet inks, minimal effort is applied to ion-conductive nanosheet inks despite their central role in energy storage applications. In this work, the formulation of viscosity-tunable hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) inks compatible with a wide range of printing methods that span the spectrum from low-viscosity inkjet printing to high-viscosity blade coating is demonstrated. The inks are prepared by liquid-phase exfoliation with ethyl cellulose as the polymer dispersant and stabilizer. Thermal annealing of the printed structures volatilizes the polymer, resulting in a porous microstructure and the formation of a nanoscale carbonaceous coating on the hBN nanosheets, which promotes high wettability to battery electrolytes. The final result is a printed hBN nanosheet film that possesses high ionic conductivity, chemical and thermal stability, and electrically insulating character, which are ideal characteristics for printable battery components such as separators. Indeed, lithium-ion battery cells based on printed hBN separators reveal enhanced electrochemical performance that exceeds commercial polymer separators.},
doi = {10.1002/adfm.201902245},
journal = {Advanced Functional Materials},
number = 39,
volume = 29,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}
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