Decoupling of mechanical properties and ionic conductivity in supramolecular lithium ion conductors
Abstract
Abstract The emergence of wearable electronics puts batteries closer to the human skin, exacerbating the need for battery materials that are robust, highly ionically conductive, and stretchable. Herein, we introduce a supramolecular design as an effective strategy to overcome the canonical tradeoff between mechanical robustness and ionic conductivity in polymer electrolytes. The supramolecular lithium ion conductor utilizes orthogonally functional H-bonding domains and ion-conducting domains to create a polymer electrolyte with unprecedented toughness (29.3 MJ m −3 ) and high ionic conductivity (1.2 × 10 −4 S cm −1 at 25 °C). Implementation of the supramolecular ion conductor as a binder material allows for the creation of stretchable lithium-ion battery electrodes with strain capability of over 900% via a conventional slurry process. The supramolecular nature of these battery components enables intimate bonding at the electrode-electrolyte interface. Combination of these stretchable components leads to a stretchable battery with a capacity of 1.1 mAh cm −2 that functions even when stretched to 70% strain. The method reported here of decoupling ionic conductivity from mechanical properties opens a promising route to create high-toughness ion transport materials for energy storage applications.
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Vehicle Technologies Office (EE-3V); National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); National Science Foundation (NSF); Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER); National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1619593
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1595360
- Grant/Contract Number:
- Battery 500; AC02-76SF00515; 21901161; ECCS‐1542152; DGE‐114747; P41GM103393
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Nature Communications
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Nature Communications Journal Volume: 10 Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 25 ENERGY STORAGE; Batteries; Mechanical properties; Polymer characterization; Supramolecular polymers
Citation Formats
Mackanic, David G., Yan, Xuzhou, Zhang, Qiuhong, Matsuhisa, Naoji, Yu, Zhiao, Jiang, Yuanwen, Manika, Tuheen, Lopez, Jeffrey, Yan, Hongping, Liu, Kai, Chen, Xiaodong, Cui, Yi, and Bao, Zhenan. Decoupling of mechanical properties and ionic conductivity in supramolecular lithium ion conductors. United Kingdom: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13362-4.
Mackanic, David G., Yan, Xuzhou, Zhang, Qiuhong, Matsuhisa, Naoji, Yu, Zhiao, Jiang, Yuanwen, Manika, Tuheen, Lopez, Jeffrey, Yan, Hongping, Liu, Kai, Chen, Xiaodong, Cui, Yi, & Bao, Zhenan. Decoupling of mechanical properties and ionic conductivity in supramolecular lithium ion conductors. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13362-4
Mackanic, David G., Yan, Xuzhou, Zhang, Qiuhong, Matsuhisa, Naoji, Yu, Zhiao, Jiang, Yuanwen, Manika, Tuheen, Lopez, Jeffrey, Yan, Hongping, Liu, Kai, Chen, Xiaodong, Cui, Yi, and Bao, Zhenan. Tue .
"Decoupling of mechanical properties and ionic conductivity in supramolecular lithium ion conductors". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13362-4.
@article{osti_1619593,
title = {Decoupling of mechanical properties and ionic conductivity in supramolecular lithium ion conductors},
author = {Mackanic, David G. and Yan, Xuzhou and Zhang, Qiuhong and Matsuhisa, Naoji and Yu, Zhiao and Jiang, Yuanwen and Manika, Tuheen and Lopez, Jeffrey and Yan, Hongping and Liu, Kai and Chen, Xiaodong and Cui, Yi and Bao, Zhenan},
abstractNote = {Abstract The emergence of wearable electronics puts batteries closer to the human skin, exacerbating the need for battery materials that are robust, highly ionically conductive, and stretchable. Herein, we introduce a supramolecular design as an effective strategy to overcome the canonical tradeoff between mechanical robustness and ionic conductivity in polymer electrolytes. The supramolecular lithium ion conductor utilizes orthogonally functional H-bonding domains and ion-conducting domains to create a polymer electrolyte with unprecedented toughness (29.3 MJ m −3 ) and high ionic conductivity (1.2 × 10 −4 S cm −1 at 25 °C). Implementation of the supramolecular ion conductor as a binder material allows for the creation of stretchable lithium-ion battery electrodes with strain capability of over 900% via a conventional slurry process. The supramolecular nature of these battery components enables intimate bonding at the electrode-electrolyte interface. Combination of these stretchable components leads to a stretchable battery with a capacity of 1.1 mAh cm −2 that functions even when stretched to 70% strain. The method reported here of decoupling ionic conductivity from mechanical properties opens a promising route to create high-toughness ion transport materials for energy storage applications.},
doi = {10.1038/s41467-019-13362-4},
journal = {Nature Communications},
number = 1,
volume = 10,
place = {United Kingdom},
year = {Tue Nov 26 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Tue Nov 26 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}
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