Ultra-efficient polymer binder for silicon anode in high-capacity lithium-ion batteries

Gao, Shilun; Sun, Feiyuan; Brady, Alexander; Pan, Yiyang; Erwin, Andrew; Yang, Dandan; Tsukruk, Vladimir; Stack, Andrew G.; Saito, Tomonori; Yang, Huabin; Cao, Peng-Fei

doi:10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.104804

Title: Ultra-efficient polymer binder for silicon anode in high-capacity lithium-ion batteries

Journal Article · Fri Apr 10 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Nano Energy

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.104804· OSTI ID:1616794

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Nankai Univ., Tianjin (China)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States)
Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States)

As a highly promising anode material for high-capacity lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), the low electronic conductivity and large volume variation of silicon (Si) make the slurry-coating Si based electrode requiring high content of “inert” materials and suffering rapid capacity fading. In this work, a polyimine, synthesized via one-step condensation reaction, has been demonstrated as an ultra-efficient polymer binder that can resolve the above issues. The polyimine binder containing Si electrode delivers superior electrochemical performance: a delithiation specific capacity of 804.4 mAh g^–1 with capacity retention of 82.4% after 1000 cycles at the current density of 2 A g^–1. The high efficiency of polyimine binder for Si electrode has also been demonstrated with ultrahigh weight ratio of “active” material to “inert” material (R_A/I). The electrode with 95 wt% of Si (95Si/Polyimine, R_A/I = 19) reveals a reversible delithiation capacity of 2114 mAh g^–1 (capacity retention ~ 80.4%) over 200 cycles at the current density of 400 mA g^–1. Even at the high current density of 2 A g^–1, a delithiation capacity of 1087.8 mAh g^–1 after 500 cycles can be obtained. Molecular simulations and atomic force microscopy (AFM) indentation are utilized to investigate the ultra-efficiency of polyimine binder. With simple manufacturing process and ultra-efficient binder performance, the designed polyimine binder will be definitely meaningful in achieving low-cost and high-capacity LIBs with prolonged cycle life.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin, China; MOE Innovation Team; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1616794

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1694287

Journal Information:: Nano Energy, Vol. 73, Issue C; ISSN 2211-2855

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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