Tailoring the Pore Size of a Polypropylene Separator with a Polymer Having Intrinsic Nanoporosity for Suppressing the Polysulfide Shuttle in Lithium–Sulfur Batteries
Abstract
Abstract Lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries are being considered as one of the most promising candidates for the development of next‐generation energy storage technologies. Although much progress has been made over the past decade, the development of Li–S batteries is still held back by a crucial polysulfide‐shuttle problem. To address this critical issue, an approach to reduce the pore size of the separator is presented here, to prevent the penetration of soluble polysulfide species. A polymer with intrinsic nanoporosity (PIN) is developed within the micrometer‐scale pores of a polypropylene separator. The framework of polypropylene acts as a skeleton to sustain reliable mechanical properties with the thin membrane. Upon the formation of PIN in the pores, the polypropylene separator maintains its thickness. With the thin PIN–polypropylene membrane, the Li–S cells can be operated with a relatively high sulfur loading. The PIN allows the transport of Li + ions, but suppresses the penetration of the polysulfide species. The Li–S batteries with the PIN‐modified polypropylene separator exhibit enhanced cycling performance.
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- Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States). Materials Science & Engineering Program. Texas Materials Inst.
- Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
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- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)
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- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1801672
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1574510
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0005397
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Advanced Energy Materials
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 10; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1614-6832
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 25 ENERGY STORAGE; polysulfide shuttle; polymer separator; nanoporosity; lithium–sulfur batteries; cycling performance
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Yu, Xingwen, Wu, Hao, Koo, Joseph H., and Manthiram, Arumugam. Tailoring the Pore Size of a Polypropylene Separator with a Polymer Having Intrinsic Nanoporosity for Suppressing the Polysulfide Shuttle in Lithium–Sulfur Batteries. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1002/aenm.201902872.
Yu, Xingwen, Wu, Hao, Koo, Joseph H., & Manthiram, Arumugam. Tailoring the Pore Size of a Polypropylene Separator with a Polymer Having Intrinsic Nanoporosity for Suppressing the Polysulfide Shuttle in Lithium–Sulfur Batteries. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201902872
Yu, Xingwen, Wu, Hao, Koo, Joseph H., and Manthiram, Arumugam. Mon .
"Tailoring the Pore Size of a Polypropylene Separator with a Polymer Having Intrinsic Nanoporosity for Suppressing the Polysulfide Shuttle in Lithium–Sulfur Batteries". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201902872. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1801672.
@article{osti_1801672,
title = {Tailoring the Pore Size of a Polypropylene Separator with a Polymer Having Intrinsic Nanoporosity for Suppressing the Polysulfide Shuttle in Lithium–Sulfur Batteries},
author = {Yu, Xingwen and Wu, Hao and Koo, Joseph H. and Manthiram, Arumugam},
abstractNote = {Abstract Lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries are being considered as one of the most promising candidates for the development of next‐generation energy storage technologies. Although much progress has been made over the past decade, the development of Li–S batteries is still held back by a crucial polysulfide‐shuttle problem. To address this critical issue, an approach to reduce the pore size of the separator is presented here, to prevent the penetration of soluble polysulfide species. A polymer with intrinsic nanoporosity (PIN) is developed within the micrometer‐scale pores of a polypropylene separator. The framework of polypropylene acts as a skeleton to sustain reliable mechanical properties with the thin membrane. Upon the formation of PIN in the pores, the polypropylene separator maintains its thickness. With the thin PIN–polypropylene membrane, the Li–S cells can be operated with a relatively high sulfur loading. The PIN allows the transport of Li + ions, but suppresses the penetration of the polysulfide species. The Li–S batteries with the PIN‐modified polypropylene separator exhibit enhanced cycling performance.},
doi = {10.1002/aenm.201902872},
journal = {Advanced Energy Materials},
number = 1,
volume = 10,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Nov 18 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Mon Nov 18 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}
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