Journal
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
Volume 206, Issue -, Pages 325-333Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2011.10.130
Keywords
Lithium-ion batteries; Separators; Silica coating; Rate capability; Thermal shrinkage
Funding
- PERD, Natural Resources Canada
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The novelty of this work is the formation and deposition of SiO2, as opposed to deposition using commercially available SiO2 powder suspension in the solution, to form ceramic coating on polypropylene (PP) separators for lithium-ion battery. The formation of SiO2 nanoparticles with uniform particle size is accomplished through direct hydrolysis of tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS), while the deposition of the formed SiO2 on PP separators was conducted in the same solution containing polyvinylidene fluoridehexafluoropropylene (PVDF-HFP) as binders and acetone as the solvent. The effects of the ceramic coating on the surface morphology, tensile strength, contact angles, electrolyte uptake, thermal shrinkage of the PP separators and the cell performances such as battery rate capability and Coulombic efficiency were investigated. The coated separators show significant reduction in thermal shrinkage and improvement in tensile strength, contact angles, electrolyte uptake and battery performance as compared to the plain PP separator. Crown Copyright (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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