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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
Volume 4, Issue 38, Pages 14709-14719Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c6ta06018h
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- National Science Foundation Partnerships for Innovation Program [IIP-1237622]
- NSF [DMR-1120296]
- Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) Institutional Program
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The Langmuir-Blodgett technique is a powerful and widely used method for preparing coatings of amphiphilic molecules at air/water interfaces with thickness control down to a single molecule. Here, we report two new LB techniques designed to create ordered, multifunctional nanoparticle films. The methods utilize Marangoni stresses produced by surfactants at a fluid/solid/gas interface and self-assembly of nanoparticles to facilitate rapid creation of ultrathin films of carbon, metal-oxide nanoparticles, polymers, and combinations of these materials on any non-reactive support in a layer-by-layer configuration. Using polyolefin separators in lithium sulfur electrochemical cells as an example, we illustrate how the method can be used to create structured membranes for regulating mass and charge transport. We further show that a layered MWCNT/SiO2/MWCNT nanomaterial created in a clip-like configuration, with gravimetric areal coverage of similar to 130 mu g cm(-2) and a thickness of similar to 3 mu m, efficiently intercept and reutilize dissolved lithium polysulfides for improving electrochemical performances of lithium sulfur batteries.
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