Molecular understanding of polyelectrolyte binders that actively regulate ion transport in sulfur cathodes
Abstract
Polymer binders in battery electrodes may be either active or passive. This distinction depends on whether the polymer influences charge or mass transport in the electrode. Although it is desirable to understand how to tailor the macromolecular design of a polymer to play a passive or active role, design rules are still lacking, as is a framework to assess the divergence in such behaviors. Here, we reveal the molecular-level underpinnings that distinguish an active polyelectrolyte binder designed for lithium–sulfur batteries from a passive alternative. The binder, a cationic polyelectrolyte, is shown to both facilitate lithium-ion transport through its reconfigurable network of mobile anions and restrict polysulfide diffusion from mesoporous carbon hosts by anion metathesis, which we show is selective for higher oligomers. Furthermore, these attributes allow cells to be operated for >100 cycles with excellent rate capability using cathodes with areal sulfur loadings up to 8.1mgcm–2.
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Joint Center for Energy Storage Research
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Molecular Foundry
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Joint Center for Energy Storage Research
- Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
- Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Joint Center for Energy Storage Research, Molecular Foundry
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- Journal Volume: 8; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723
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- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 25 ENERGY STORAGE; batteries; polymer characterization
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Li, Longjun, Pascal, Tod A., Connell, Justin G., Fan, Frank Y., Meckler, Stephen M., Ma, Lin, Chiang, Yet-Ming, Prendergast, David, and Helms, Brett A. Molecular understanding of polyelectrolyte binders that actively regulate ion transport in sulfur cathodes. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1038/s41467-017-02410-6.
Li, Longjun, Pascal, Tod A., Connell, Justin G., Fan, Frank Y., Meckler, Stephen M., Ma, Lin, Chiang, Yet-Ming, Prendergast, David, & Helms, Brett A. Molecular understanding of polyelectrolyte binders that actively regulate ion transport in sulfur cathodes. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02410-6
Li, Longjun, Pascal, Tod A., Connell, Justin G., Fan, Frank Y., Meckler, Stephen M., Ma, Lin, Chiang, Yet-Ming, Prendergast, David, and Helms, Brett A. Fri .
"Molecular understanding of polyelectrolyte binders that actively regulate ion transport in sulfur cathodes". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02410-6. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1417620.
@article{osti_1417620,
title = {Molecular understanding of polyelectrolyte binders that actively regulate ion transport in sulfur cathodes},
author = {Li, Longjun and Pascal, Tod A. and Connell, Justin G. and Fan, Frank Y. and Meckler, Stephen M. and Ma, Lin and Chiang, Yet-Ming and Prendergast, David and Helms, Brett A.},
abstractNote = {Polymer binders in battery electrodes may be either active or passive. This distinction depends on whether the polymer influences charge or mass transport in the electrode. Although it is desirable to understand how to tailor the macromolecular design of a polymer to play a passive or active role, design rules are still lacking, as is a framework to assess the divergence in such behaviors. Here, we reveal the molecular-level underpinnings that distinguish an active polyelectrolyte binder designed for lithium–sulfur batteries from a passive alternative. The binder, a cationic polyelectrolyte, is shown to both facilitate lithium-ion transport through its reconfigurable network of mobile anions and restrict polysulfide diffusion from mesoporous carbon hosts by anion metathesis, which we show is selective for higher oligomers. Furthermore, these attributes allow cells to be operated for >100 cycles with excellent rate capability using cathodes with areal sulfur loadings up to 8.1mgcm–2.},
doi = {10.1038/s41467-017-02410-6},
journal = {Nature Communications},
number = 1,
volume = 8,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Dec 22 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Fri Dec 22 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}
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Fig. 1: Illustration of the fabrication of sulfur electrodes with PVDF or PEB-1 binder. a The cathode is comprised of sulfur-active materials loaded into N-doped mesoporous carbon (N-MC) hosts, ‘Super P’ as the conductive additive, and a polymer binder (PEB-1 or PVDF). b A conventional sulfur cathode cast onto anmore »
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