Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 13, Issue 14, Pages 16289-16299Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c00207
Keywords
separators; electrospinning; thermostability; amphiphilic; Li-ion battery
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21835005, U1862109]
- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology
- Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions
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This study fabricates multifunctional nanofiber membranes with superior mechanical properties, high thermal stability, and excellent electrolyte wettability. The use of these membranes as separators in Li-metal cells and Li-sulfur batteries demonstrate high cycling stability and potential for flexible aqueous lithium-ion batteries with steady electrochemistry performance. This work opens up a potential route for designing multifunctional universal separators for rechargeable batteries.
Mechanically strong separators with good electrolyte wettability and low-shrinkage properties are desirable for highly efficient and safe lithium batteries. In this study, multifunctional nanofiber membranes are fabricated by electrospinning a homogeneous solution containing amphiphilic poly(ethylene glycol)diacrylate-grafted siloxane and polyacrylonitrile. After the chemical cross-linking of siloxane, the prepared nanofiber membranes are found to exhibit good mechanical properties, high thermostability, and superior electrolyte-philicity with aqueous and nonaqueous electrolytes. Li-metal cells with the fabricated membrane separator exhibit high cycling stability (Coulombic efficiency of 99.8% after 1000 cycles). Moreover, improved cycling stability of Li-sulfur batteries can be achieved using these membrane separators. These membrane separators can be further used in flexible aqueous lithium-ion batteries and exhibit steady electrochemistry performance. This work opens up a potential route for designing multifunctional universal separators for rechargeable batteries.
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