Journal
POLYMER INTERNATIONAL
Volume 68, Issue 3, Pages 473-480Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/pi.5734
Keywords
polyurethane; composite; solid state; lithium battery; electrolyte
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Funding
- Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province [1808085QE173]
- University Natural Science Research Project of Anhui Province [KJ2017A031]
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To improve the electrochemical properties and enhance the mechanical strength of solid polymer electrolytes, series of composite polymer electrolytes (CPEs) were fabricated with hybrids of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) electrospun membrane, polyethylene oxide (PEO), SiO2 nanoparticles and lithium bis(trifluoromethane)sulfonamide (LiTFSI). The structure and properties of the CPEs were confirmed by SEM, XRD, DSC, TGA, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and linear sweep voltammetry. The TPU electrospun membrane as the skeleton can improve the mechanical properties of the CPEs. In addition, SiO2 particles can suppress the crystallization of PEO. The results show that the TPU-electrospun-membrane-supported PEO electrolyte with 5 wt% SiO2 and 20 wt% LiTFSI (TPU/PEO-5%SiO2-20%Li) presents an ionic conductivity of 6.1 x 10(-4) S cm(-1) at 60 degrees C with a high tensile strength of 25.6 MPa. The battery using TPU/PEO-5%SiO2-20%Li as solid electrolyte and LiFePO4 as cathode shows an attractive discharge capacity of 152, 150, 121, 75, 55 and 26 mA h g(-1) at C-rates of 0.2C, 0.5C, 1C, 2C, 3C and 5C, respectively. The discharge capacity of the cell remains 110 mA h g(-1) after 100 cycles at 1C at 60 degrees C (with a capacity retention of 91%). All the results indicate that this CPE can be applied to all-solid-state rechargeable lithium batteries. (c) 2018 Society of Chemical Industry
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