Thermal,electrical and electrochemical properties of ionic liquid-doped poly(ethylene oxide)–LiTDI polymer electrolytes for Li-ion batteries

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry - In the present study, we report the synthesis and characterisation of solid polymer electrolytes (SPEs) based on polymer poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO), salt...     

聚碳酸酯基固态聚合物电解质的研究进展

液态锂离子电池由于采用易泄露、易挥发、易燃烧的碳酸酯有机溶剂,在高温或极端条件下使用时,存在极大的安全隐患.使用固态电解质替代液态电解液,可以从根本上避免此类安全问题的发生,与此同时还可以大幅度提升固态锂电池的能量密度.固态电解质又分为无机固态电解质和聚合物固态电解质2大类.无机固态电解质能够在宽的温度范围内保持化学稳定性,并且电化学窗口较宽,机械强度更高,室温离子电导率较高,但脆性较大,柔韧性差,制备工艺复杂,成本较高.聚合物固态电解质,室温离子电导率偏低,难以满足室温锂离子电池的应用,但其加工成型容易,形状可变.比较而言,固态聚合物电解质,更适宜大规模生产,离产业化相对更近.固态聚合物电解质中研究较多的是聚醚基固态聚合物电解质(如聚环氧乙烷和聚环氧丙烷),但其缺点是室温离子电导率低,需要对其改性或进一步开发综合性能更加优异的其他固态聚合物电解质.聚碳酸酯基固态聚合物电解质由于其特殊的分子结构(含有强极性碳酸酯基团)以及高介电常数,可以有效减弱阴阳离子间的相互作用,提高载流子数量,从而提高离子电导率,因此被认为是一类非常有前途的固态聚合物电解质体系.基于此,本文重点综述了最近研究热点的聚碳酸酯基固态聚合物电解质,包括聚(三亚甲基碳酸酯)体系、聚(碳酸丙烯酯)体系、聚(碳酸乙烯酯)体系和聚(碳酸亚乙烯酯)体系等,并详细阐述了上述每种聚碳酸酯基固态聚合物电解质的制备、电化学性能、优缺点及改性手段,归纳出其离子配位-解配位过程和离子扩散机制,还对聚碳酸酯基固态聚合物电解质的未来发展方向和研究趋势望进行了预测和展望.     

Reciprocated suppression of polymer crystallization toward improved solid polymer electrolytes: Higher ion conductivity and tunable mechanical properties

Solid polymer electrolytes based on lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl) imide and polymer matrix were extensively studied in the past due to their excellent potential in a broad range of energy related applications. Poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) and polyethylene oxide (PEO) are among the most examined polymer candidates as solid polymer electrolyte matrix. In this work, we study the effect of reciprocated suppression of polymer crystallization in PVDF/PEO binary matrix on ion transport and mechanical properties of the resultant solid polymer electrolytes. With electron and X‐ray diffractions as well as energy filtered transmission electron microscopy, we identify and examine the appropriate blending composition that is responsible for the diminishment of both PVDF and PEO crystallites. A three‐fold conductivity enhancement is achieved along with a highly tunable elastic modulus ranging from 20 to 200 MPa, which is expected to contribute toward future designs of solid polymer electrolytes with high room‐temperature ion conductivities and mechanical flexibility. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2015 , 53, 1450–1457     

Highly ion conductive poly(ethylene oxide)-based solid polymer electrolytes from hydrogen bonding layer-by-layer assembly

We report the development of a solid polymer electrolyte film from hydrogen bonding layer-by-layer (LBL) assembly that outperforms previously reported LBL assembled films and approaches battery integration capability. Films were fabricated by alternating deposition of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) and poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) layers from aqueous solutions. Film quality benefits from increasing PEO molecular weight even into the 10(6) range due to the intrinsically low PEO/PAA cross-link density. Assembly is disrupted at pH near the PAA ionization onset, and a potential mechanism for modulating PEO:PAA ratio within assembled films by manipulating pH is discussed. Ionic conductivity of 5 x 10(-5) S/cm is achievable after short exposure to 100% relative humidity (RH) for plasticization. Adding free ions by exposing PEO/ PAA films to lithium salt solutions enhanced conductivity to greater than 10(-5) S/cm at only 52% RH and tentatively greater than 10(-4) S/cm at 100% RH. The excellent stability of PEO/PAA films even when exposed to 1.0 M salt solutions led to an exploration of LBL assembly with added electrolyte present in the adsorption step. Fortuitously, the modulation of PEO/PAA assembly by ionic strength is analogous to that of electrostatic LBL assembly and can be attributed to electrolyte interactions with PEO and PAA. Dry ionic conductivity was enhanced in films assembled in the presence of salt as compared to films that were merely exposed to salt after assembly, implying different morphologies. These results reveal clear directions for the evolution of these promising solid polymer electrolytes into elements appropriate for electrochemical power storage and generation applications.     

Study of the conductivity of solid polymeric electrolyte based on PVA/GA blend with addition of acetic acid

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry - This study searches the ion transport behavior and structural investigation of solid polymer electrolytes (SPEs) containing poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) and...     

Li1.5Al0.5Ge1.5(PO4)3基固体复合电解质的制备及锂离子导电行为

将聚氧化乙烯(PEO)和二(三氟甲基磺酰)亚胺锂(LiTFSI)混合(固定EO/Li摩尔比为13)后, 采用溶液浇注法制备了一系列不同Li_1.5Al_0.5Ge_1.5(PO₄)₃(LAGP)与PEO质量比的LAGP-PEO(LiTFSI)固体复合电解质体系. 结合电化学阻抗法、 表面形貌表征以及与惰性陶瓷填料(SiO₂, Al₂O₃) 性能的对比分析, 探讨了LAGP在固体复合电解质中的作用机理以及锂离子的导电行为. 结果表明, 在以LAGP为主相的固体复合电解质中, PEO主要处于无定形态, 整个体系主要为PEO与LiTFSI的络合相、 LAGP与PEO(LiTFSI)相互作用形成的过渡相和LAGP晶相. 其中LAGP作为主要的导电基体不仅起到降低PEO结晶度、 改善两相导电界面的作用; 同时自身也可以作为离子传输的通道, 降低锂离子迁移的活化能, 从而使离子电导率得到提高. 当LAGP与PEO的质量比为6:4时, 固体复合电解质的成膜性能最好, 离子电导率最高, 在30 ℃时为2.57×10^-5 S/cm, 接近LAGP的水平, 电化学稳定窗口超过5 V.     

Thermal and electrochemical characterization of a new poly (ethylene oxide) copolymer—gel electrolyte containing polyvalent ion pair of cobalt (CoII/III) or iron (FeII/III)

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry - In this work, gel polymer electrolytes based on the PEO copolymer—poly(ethylene oxide-co-2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethyl glycidyl ether)),...     

Solid polymer electrolytes based on Li+/ionic liquid for lithium secondary batteries

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry - Ionic liquid (IL)-based solid polymer electrolytes (SPEs) were synthesized by solution cast technique using polymer polyethylene oxide (PEO), lithium...     

Safety-enhanced Polymer Electrolytes with High Ambient-temperature Lithium-ion Conductivity Based on ABA Triblock Copolymers

Liquid electrolytes used in lithium-ion batteries suffer from leakage,flammability,and lithium dendrites,making polymer electrolyte a potential alternative.Herein,a series of ABA triblock copolymers(ABA-x)containing a mesogen-jacketed liquid crystalline polymer(MJLCP)with a polynorbornene backbone as segment A and a second polynorbornene-based polymer having poly(ethylene oxide)(PEO)side chains as segment B were synthesized through tandem ring-opening metathesis polymerizations.The block copolymers can self-assemble into ordered morphologies at 200℃.After doping of lithium salts and ionic liquid(IL),ABA-x self-assembles into cylindrical structures.The MJLCP segments with a high glass transition temperature and a stable liquid crystalline phase serve as physical crosslinking points,which significantly improve the mechanical performance of the polymer electrolytes.The ionic conductivity of ABA-x/lithium salt/IL is as high as 10-3 S·cm-1 at ambient temperature owing to the high IL uptake and the continuous phase of conducting PEO domains.The relationship between ionic conductivity and temperature fits the Vogel-Tamman-Fulcher(VTF)equation.In addition,the electrolyte films are flame retardant owing to the addition of IL.The polymer electrolytes with good safety and high ambient-temperature ionic conductivity developed in this work are potentially useful in solid lithium-ion batteries.     

An experimental and theoretical correlation to account for the effect of graphene quantum dots on the ionic conductivity of poly(ethylene oxide) polymer electrolytes

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry - Improving ionic conductivity for poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) electrolyte has been intensely investigated, while PEO is considered as an appealing solid...     

Ionic conductivities of the complexes of LiClO4 and alternating copolymers of oligomeric poly(ethylene oxide) having biphenyl units in the backbone

A series of copolymers of predominantly poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) with biphenyl (BP) units in the backbone were synthesized. The solid polymer electrolytes (SPEs) were prepared from these copolymers (BP-PEG) employing lithium perchlolate (LiClO₄) as a lithium salt and their ionic conductivities were investigated to exploit the structure–ionic conductivity relationships as a function of chain length ratio between the flexible PEO chains and rigid BP units. The ionic conductivity increases with increasing PEO length in BP-PEG. The salt concentrations in BP-PEG/LiClO₄ complexes were also changed and the results show that maximum conductivity is obtained at [EO]/[Li⁺]≈8. The reasons for these findings are discussed in terms of the number of charge carriers and the mobility of the polymer chain.     

Thermal behavior of new polymer electrolytes

Solid polymer electrolytes (SPE) have been identified as a class of materials which could enable the fabrication of high energy density solid state lithium rechargeable batteries which could meet the performance requirements for advanced portable electronic and automotive applications. In order to achieve this goal, novel SPE systems having high ionic conductivity and good mechanical properties at or near ambient temperature must be developed. Novel lithium salts believed to be useful in realizing this objective have recently been proposed. The thermal behavior of SPE systems based on high molecular weight poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) and on two novel salts, the lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (LiTFSI) and the lithium tris(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)-methanide (LiTSFM) is reported and compared with the thermal behavior of the high molecular weight PEO–lithium trifluoromethane sulfonate (LiTFLT) SPE system. Phase diagrams for the PEO–LiTFSI and PEO–LiTFSM SPE systems have been established and are discussed in terms of their impact on SPE-based rechargeable lithium battery technologies. The use of a novel plasticizer in conjunction with the PEO–LiTFSI-based SPE system is reported and it is shown how this modifies the thermal behavior of the PEO–LiTFSI SPE system.     

基于聚乙二醇接枝丙烯酸树酯光固化电解质的制备及性能研究

聚氧化乙烯(PEO)(聚乙二醇(PEG))和丙烯酸树脂在聚合物基电解质中具有很好的应用,本文通过紫外光引发单/双官能度的聚乙二醇接枝丙烯酸树脂单体聚合构建了离子电导率高、易于封装,可避免电解质泄漏的准固态聚合物电解质.通过调控聚乙二醇二甲基丙烯酸酯(PEGDA)和甲氧基聚乙二醇单甲基丙烯酸酯(PEGMA)2种单体的比例以及锂盐溶液的含量,成功制备出具有高离电导率的准固态聚合物电解质.采用傅里叶变换红外光谱仪(FTIR),电化学工作站对PEGMA/PEGDA基聚合物电解质进行表征,研究各组分比例对电解质的电化学性能影响.当PEGMA/PEGDA单体比例为75/25,锂盐溶液的占比为75%时,形成的薄膜状态电解质表现出1.96×10^?3 S·cm^?1的高离子电导率,较原始配比提高了14倍.将制备的电解质应用于电致变色器件,在580个变色循环后,器件依然可以实现稳定快速的颜色切换,2种颜色变换时间均在3 s以内,本文中研究的聚醚接枝丙烯酸树酯基电解质材料在电致变色器件中有较好的应用前景.     

Development of gel polymer electrolyte based on LiTFSI and EMIMFSI for application in rechargeable lithium metal battery with GO-LFP and NCA cathodes

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry - In this paper, we report the effect of ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide (EMIMFSI) on polymer poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO)...     

Polymer electrolytes based on room temperature ionic liquid: 2,3-dimethyl-1-octylimidazolium triflate

Room temperature ionic liquid (DMOImTf) based upon 2,3-dimethyl-1-octylimidazolium cation and trifluoromethanesulfonate or triflate (CF(3)SO(3))(-) anion has been synthesized and shows conductivity of 5.68 mS/cm and viscosity of 26.4 cP at 25 degrees C. Ion conducting polymer electrolytes based on polymers (poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) and polyvinylidenefluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene (PVdF-HFP)) and ionic liquid (DMOImTf) were prepared in film form by the casting technique. The conductivity of polymer electrolytes containing 0.5 M LiCF(3)SO(3) in PEO:DMOImTf taken in equal weight ratio increases with the addition of propylene carbonate (PC) while its mechanical stability improved by dispersing nanosize fumed silica. However, polymer electrolytes containing PVdF-HFP and ionic liquid show a high value of conductivity (10(-4)-10(-3) S/cm) alongwith better mechanical stability.     

Vibrational spectroscopic study of ionic association in poly(ethylene oxide)-NH4SCN polymer electrolytes

The polymer-ammonium complexes are an important class of proton conducting polymer electrolytes. In this work, poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO)-NH(4)SCN electrolytes were prepared over a large range of the salt content, and their FT-IR spectra were measured at room temperature. Based on the assignments of each band in the spectral envelope of SCN(-1), their relative intensities are determined by the use of FT-IR technique. Following the experimental results and spectral analyses, this paper reports the interactions, the various ionic associations, the changes of the ionic association with NH(4)SCN content, and the characteristics of structure in PEO-NH(4)SCN electrolytes. It is shown that the hydrogen bonds of PEO and NH(4)SCN exert the great effect to the ionic association, the interactions of PEO with NH(4)SCN, and PEO crystallinity, in particular, under the condition of high NH(4)SCN content. In addition, the differences of ionic association among PEO-NaSCN, PEO-KSCN and NH(4)SCN electrolytes are also compared in this paper.     

Investigations on poly(methyl methacrylate)-poly(ethylene oxide) hybrid polymer electrolytes with dioctyl phthalate, dimethyl phthalate and diethyl phthalate as plasticizers

Plasticizers can be used to change the mechanical and electrical properties of polymer electrolytes by reducing the degree of crystallinity and lowering the glass transition temperature. The transport properties of gel-type ionic conducting membranes consisting of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO), poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), LiClO₄ and dioctyl phthalate, diethyl phthalate or dimethyl phthalate (DMP) are studied. The polymer films are characterized by X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared and impedance spectroscopic studies. It is found that the addition of DMP as the plasticizer in the PEO-PMMA-LiClO₄ polymer complex favours an enhancement in ionic conductivity. The maximum conductivity value obtained for the solid polymer electrolyte film at 305 K is 3.529×10^{– 4} S cm^–1. Electronic Publication     

Molecular dynamics simulation of polymer electrolytes based on poly(ethylene oxide) and ionic liquids. II. Dynamical properties

Dynamical properties of polymer electrolytes based on poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) and ionic liquids of 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium cations were calculated by molecular dynamics simulations with previously proposed models [L. T. Costa and M. C. Ribeiro, J. Chem. Phys. 124, 184902 (2006)]. The effect of changing the ionic liquid concentration, temperature, and the 1-alkyl-chain lengths, [1,3-dimethylimidazolium]PF(6) and [1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium]PF(6) ([dmim]PF(6) and [bmim]PF(6)), was investigated. Cation diffusion coefficient is higher than those of anion and oxygen atoms of PEO chains. Ionic mobility in PEO[bmim]PF(6) is higher than in PEO[dmim]PF(6), so that the ionic conductivity kappa of the former is approximately ten times larger than the latter. The ratio between kappa and its estimate from the Nernst-Einstein equation kappa/kappa(NE), which is inversely proportional to the strength of ion pairs, is higher in ionic liquid polymer electrolytes than in polymer electrolytes based on inorganic salts with Li(+) cations. Calculated time correlation functions corroborate previous evidence from the analysis of equilibrium structure that the ion pairs in ionic liquid polymer electrolytes are relatively weak. Structural relaxation at distinct spatial scales is revealed by the calculation of the intermediate scattering function at different wavevectors. These data are reproduced with stretched exponential functions, so that temperature and wavevector dependences of best fit parameters can be compared with corresponding results for polymer electrolytes containing simpler ions.     

Photovoltage improvements and recombination suppression by montmorillonite addition to PEO gel electrolyte for dye-sensitized solar cells

Montmorillonite (MMT) added to electrolytes has been reported in the literature to facilitate the transport of I(-)/I(3)(-), and improve the ionic conductivity and consequent photocurrent of dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs). This paper firstly observes, investigates and reports that MMT addition to a poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO)-based gel electrolyte not only improves the ionic conductivity of the gel electrolyte, but also increases the photovoltage and decreases the dark current. From the results of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and transient photovoltage spectra, we evidence that MMT in the polymer gel electrolyte can efficiently retard the charge recombination that occurs at the TiO(2)/dye/electrolyte interfaces.     

Advances in host selection and interface regulation of polymer electrolytes

Polymer electrolyte (PE) has been emerging as a promising alternative to liquid electrolytes due to the unique advantages such as excellent flexibility and processability, high chemical and thermal stability, and low risk of leakage and combustion, especially for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). Even though abundant attempts focusing on polymer chemistries have been made, the inadequate capacity of lithium-ion transport via segmental motion still cannot provide satisfying room temperature ionic conductivity and lithium-ion transference number. In addition, safety concerns and short lifespan resulted from the brittle and incompatible interface between the electrode and polymer materials also hinder the commercialization of PEs-based LIBs. Hence, for the above performance defects and interface issues, this review provides an overview of polymer electrolytes from the conductivity improvement, polymer selection and mechanical strength enhancement for protrusion suppressing. The improvement of conductivity specifically includes structure modification of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) host and novel electrolyte matrix beyond PEO, while the section of interface regulation mainly involves dendrite-inhibited polymers, mechanical strengthening, and in situ polymerization. Finally, perspectives and challenges are pointed out in the development of polymer electrolytes with both excellent electrochemical performance and safety for LIBs.