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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
Volume 881, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2021.160573
Keywords
Lithium dendrites; Single ion conducting polymer electrolyte; Polybenzimidazole; Bis(sulfonyl)imide
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21403202, 21233006, 21473164, 21603197]
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This study explores a single ion conducting polymer electrolyte membrane (PBI-g-LiPSTFSI) with high ionic conductivity and excellent cycling performance, making it a promising candidate for safe lithium metal secondary batteries.
Dendrite growth and unstable solid electrolyte interphase are two challenges for lithium metal secondary batteries. Immobilization of anions to allow the transportation of cations only, namely single ion conductor, can prevent from concentration polarization and therefore is likely to suppress dendrite growth. In this article, poly(4,4'-(diphenyl ether)-5,5'-bibenzimidazole) (PBI) grafted with lithium propanesulfonyl(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide (LiPSTFSI) is found to form a uniform self-supporting single ion conducting polymer electrolyte membrane (PBI-g-LiPSTFSI). The ionic conductivity of the gel polymer electrolyte is 0.15 mS cm(-1) at 25 degrees C. Coupled with a high lithium ion transference number of 0.91, the polymer electrolyte can withstand a 1000 h galvanostatic cycling at 0.5 mA cm(-2) with a Li plating/stripping capacity of 2.5 mAh cm(-2) without short circuit. Even increasing the mass loading of LiFePO4 up to 10.2 mg cm(-2), the single ion conducting lithium metal secondary battery can deliver 166 mAh g(-1) at 0.1 C, 160 mAh g(-1) at 0.2 C and 152 mAh g(-1) at 0.3 C. Because the rigid polymer chains and strong pi-pi stacking of PBI provide high mechanical strength and excellent thermal stability, PBI-g-LiPSTFSI is a promising single ion conducting polymer electrolyte for safe lithium metal secondary batteries. (C) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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