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Title: Simultaneously Boosting the Ionic Conductivity and Mechanical Strength of Polymer Gel Electrolyte Membranes by Confining Ionic Liquids into Hollow Silica Nanocavities

Abstract

A central problem of solid polymer electrolytes is their inability to achieve robust mechanical strength with fast ionic conductivities required for commercialization of lithium metal batteries (LMBs). At present, state-of-the-art offers superiority of one at the expense of the other. Here, this dilemma has been solved by fabricating mechanically robust solid composite polymer electrolytes (SCPEs) with superior ionic conductivity (0.5 mS cm-1 at 20 °C) by confining ionic liquids (ILs) in the hollow scaffold offered by hollow silica (HS) nanospheres with unique architecture. Mechanical robustness was verified by the performance of a Li| |Li symmetric cell cycling for extended hours without short-circuiting. In addition, SCPEs with HS have higher thermal and electrochemical stabilities than those without HS, due to strong interaction and coordination of HS nanoparticles with polymer and ionic liquids. Electrode compatibility and flexibility of the membrane could advance the LMBs technology.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [2];  [1];  [3];  [4];  [3]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
  2. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
  3. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  4. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1601348
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1562730
Report Number(s):
BNL-213643-2020-JAAM
Journal ID: ISSN 2566-6223
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0012704
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Batteries & Supercaps
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 2; Journal Issue: 12; Journal ID: ISSN 2566-6223
Publisher:
Wiley
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
25 ENERGY STORAGE; lithium metal batteries; solid composite electrolytes; poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene); ionic liquids; hollow silica spheres

Citation Formats

Thapaliya, Bishnu P., Do‐Thanh, Chi‐Linh, Jafta, Charl J., Tao, Runming, Lyu, Hailong, Borisevich, Albina Y., Yang, Shi‐ze, Sun, Xiao‐Guang, and Dai, Sheng. Simultaneously Boosting the Ionic Conductivity and Mechanical Strength of Polymer Gel Electrolyte Membranes by Confining Ionic Liquids into Hollow Silica Nanocavities. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1002/batt.201900095.
Thapaliya, Bishnu P., Do‐Thanh, Chi‐Linh, Jafta, Charl J., Tao, Runming, Lyu, Hailong, Borisevich, Albina Y., Yang, Shi‐ze, Sun, Xiao‐Guang, & Dai, Sheng. Simultaneously Boosting the Ionic Conductivity and Mechanical Strength of Polymer Gel Electrolyte Membranes by Confining Ionic Liquids into Hollow Silica Nanocavities. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/batt.201900095
Thapaliya, Bishnu P., Do‐Thanh, Chi‐Linh, Jafta, Charl J., Tao, Runming, Lyu, Hailong, Borisevich, Albina Y., Yang, Shi‐ze, Sun, Xiao‐Guang, and Dai, Sheng. Thu . "Simultaneously Boosting the Ionic Conductivity and Mechanical Strength of Polymer Gel Electrolyte Membranes by Confining Ionic Liquids into Hollow Silica Nanocavities". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/batt.201900095. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1601348.
@article{osti_1601348,
title = {Simultaneously Boosting the Ionic Conductivity and Mechanical Strength of Polymer Gel Electrolyte Membranes by Confining Ionic Liquids into Hollow Silica Nanocavities},
author = {Thapaliya, Bishnu P. and Do‐Thanh, Chi‐Linh and Jafta, Charl J. and Tao, Runming and Lyu, Hailong and Borisevich, Albina Y. and Yang, Shi‐ze and Sun, Xiao‐Guang and Dai, Sheng},
abstractNote = {A central problem of solid polymer electrolytes is their inability to achieve robust mechanical strength with fast ionic conductivities required for commercialization of lithium metal batteries (LMBs). At present, state-of-the-art offers superiority of one at the expense of the other. Here, this dilemma has been solved by fabricating mechanically robust solid composite polymer electrolytes (SCPEs) with superior ionic conductivity (0.5 mS cm-1 at 20 °C) by confining ionic liquids (ILs) in the hollow scaffold offered by hollow silica (HS) nanospheres with unique architecture. Mechanical robustness was verified by the performance of a Li| |Li symmetric cell cycling for extended hours without short-circuiting. In addition, SCPEs with HS have higher thermal and electrochemical stabilities than those without HS, due to strong interaction and coordination of HS nanoparticles with polymer and ionic liquids. Electrode compatibility and flexibility of the membrane could advance the LMBs technology.},
doi = {10.1002/batt.201900095},
journal = {Batteries & Supercaps},
number = 12,
volume = 2,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Sep 19 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Thu Sep 19 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}

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