Porous inorganic filler Li4.7Ag1.63GeS4.8 in PEO electrolyte effectively inhibits Li dendrites for all-solid-state Li metal batteries

The newly created porous inorganic particles Li_4.7Ag_1.63GeS_4.8 as filler are added into poly (ethylene oxide) (PEO) with LiTFSI salt, which greatly improves the electrochemical stability of solid-state PEO-based electrolytes against Li metal in a working battery. Due to many pores and channels in the filler, Li dendrites would grow along these channels thereby effectively inhibiting their fast spread in PEO matrix and retarding the short circuit on account of the penetration of Li dendrite. The Li⁺ conductivity of this solid-state electrolyte membrane could be 1.36 × 10^-4 S/cm at 40 °C. The fabricated symmetrical Li metal cells could cycle above 550 h at 0.05 mA/cm² and corresponding LiFePO₄/Li all-solid-state cells have an excellent cycling stability of 160.65 mAh g^-1 specific capacity after 200 cycles with 99.93% columbic efficiency at 50 °C environment.     

Challenges and Development of Composite Solid Electrolytes for All-solid-state Lithium Batteries

All-solid-state lithium batteries are considered to be a new battery system with great development potential and application prospects due to the advantages of high energy density and high security.As a key component of all-solid-state lithium batteries,the development of solid-state electrolytes has received extensive attention in recent years,but most solid electrolytes still exhibit problems,such as low ion conductivity and poor interface compatibility.The design of composite solid-state electrolyte materials with both excellent electrochemical and mechanical properties is an effective way to develop all-solid-state lithium batteries.This review introduces different types of pure component solid electrolytes and analyzes their respective advantages and characteristics firstly.Furthermore,the research progress of composite electrolytes in preparation method,ionic conduction,suppression of lithium dendrites,and the improvement of electrochemical performances are reviewed from the perspective of composite electrolyte structure design,which is to meet different performance requirements.And the future development direction and trend of composite electrolytes are prospected.     

Asymmetric double-layer composite electrolyte with enhanced ionic conductivity and interface stability for all-solid-state lithium metal batteries

All-solid-state Li metal battery has been regarded as a promising battery technology due to its high energy density based on the high capacity of lithium metal anode and high safety based on the all solid state electrolyte without inflammable solvent.However,challenges still exist mainly in the poor contact and unstable interface between electrolyte and electrodes.Herein,we demonstrate an asymmetric design of the composite polymer electrolyte with two different layers to overcome the interface issues at both the cathode and the anode side simultaneously.At the cathode side,the polypropylene carbonate layer has enough viscosity and flexibility to reduce the inter-facial resistance,while at the Li anode side,the polyethylene oxide layer modified with hexagonal boron nitride has high mechanical strength to suppress the Li dendrite growth.Owing to the synergetic effect between different components,the asprepared double layer composite polymer electrolyte demonstrates a large electrochemical window of5.17 V,a high ionic conductivity of 6.1×10~(-4) S/cm,and a transfe rence number of 0.56,featuring excellent ion transport kinetics and good chemical stability.All-solid-state Li metal battery assembled with LiFePO_4 cathode and Li anode delivers a high capacity of 150.9 mAh/g at 25℃ and 0.1 C-rate,showing great potential for practical applications.     

全固态钠离子电池硫系化合物电解质

全固态钠离子电池具有资源丰富、安全性高等优势,作为未来大规模储能的重要选择而成为近年来先进二次电池前沿研究热点。钠离子硫系化合物电解质室温离子电导率高、弹性模量高、容易冷压成型,能增强电极/电解质界面接触、减小界面阻抗、缓冲电极材料在充放电过程中的应力/应变,是全固态钠离子电池的研究重点。本文对钠离子硫系化合物固态电解质的结构及性质进行了总结,讨论了硫系化合物电解质的本征特性、与电极的界面稳定性,并介绍了硫系化合物全固态钠离子电池的研究现状,最后分析了硫系化合物电解质面临的挑战及今后的发展方向。     

Simultaneous dual-wavelength laser operation at 1342 and 946 nm in two laser crystals and their sum-frequency mixing

A sum-frequency yellow-green laser at 554.9 nm is reported by this paper, 946 nm wavelength is obtained from ⁴F_3/2-⁴I_9/2 transition in Nd:YAG and 1342 nm wavelength is obtained from ⁴F_3/2-⁴I_13/2 transition in Nd:YVO₄. Using a doubly folded-cavity type-II critical phase matching KTP crystal intra cavity to make 946 nm laser from Nd:YAG and 1342 nm laser from Nd:YVO₄ frequency summed, with incident pumped power of 30 W in Nd:YAG and 20 W in Nd:YVO₄, TEM₀₀ mode yellow-green laser at 554.9 nm at 1.15 W is obtained and its M² factor is less than 1.22. The experimental results show that the Nd:YAG and Nd:YVO₄ crystals intra-cavity sum-frequency mixing is an effective method for yellow-green laser and it can be applied to other two laser crystals to obtain more all-solid-state lasers with different wavelengths.     

All-solid-state potentiometric sensors for ascorbic acid by using a screen-printed compatible solid contact

The development of all-solid-state potentiometric ion selective electrodes for monitoring of ascorbic acid, by using a screen-printed compatible solid contact is described. The applied methodology is based on the use of PVC membrane modified with some firstly-tested ionophores (triphenyltin(IV)chloride, triphenyltin(IV)hydroxide and palmitoyl-l-ascorbic acid) and a novel one synthesized in our laboratory (dibutyltin(IV) diascorbate). Synthesis protocol and some preliminary identification studies are given. A conductive graphite-based polymer thick film ink was used as an internal solid contact between the graphite electrode and the PVC membrane. The presence and the nature of the solid contact (plain or doped with lanthanum 2,6-dichlorophenolindophenol (DCPI)) seem to enhance the analytical performance of the electrodes in terms of sensitivity, dynamic range, and response time. The analytical performance of the constructed electrodes was evaluated with potentiometry, constant-current chronopotentiometry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The interference effect of various compounds was also tested. The potential response of the optimized Ph₃SnCl-based electrode was linear against ascorbic acid concentration range 0.005-5.0 mM. The applicability of the proposed sensors in real samples was also tested. The detection limit was 0.002 mM ascorbic acid (50 mM phosphate, pH 5 in 50 mM KCl). The slope of the electrodes was super-Nernstian and pH dependent, indicating a mechanism involving a combination of charge transfer and ion exchange processes. Fabrication of screen-printed ascorbate ISEs has also been demonstrated.     

All-solid-state planar miniature ion-selective chloride electrode

All-solid-state ion-selective electrodes with plastic membrane (poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC), bis(2-ethylhexyl) sebacate (DOS), methyltri-n-tetradecylammonium chloride (MTTACl)), a conducting poly(pyrrole) (PPy) film doped either with chloride ions (PPyCl) or hexacyanoferrate(II) ions (PPyFeCN), and glassy carbon (GC) or screen-printed graphite layer (S-PG) as an inner electric contact were investigated. All the electrodes show close to Nernstian response, but their lifetimes vary. The at least 2-months lifetime of screen-printed electrodes is only achieved for the electrodes containing PPyFeCN (cation-exchanging film). Shorter lifetime of other screen-printed electrodes, i.e. without PPy, or with PPyCl (anion-exchanging film), was attributed to the diffusion of anionic products of the hydrolysis of organic components of the graphite paste used to prepare the electric contact. The properties of miniature, screen-printed electrodes comprising PPyFeCN solid contact, were comparable to those ion-selective electrodes with PPy solid contact (regardless the ion-exchanging characteristic of the polymer) deposited on GC electric contact.     

Effect of interferents present in the internal solution or in the conducting polymer transducer on the responses of ion-selective electrodes

The effect of interferents present on the opposite side of the Pb²⁺-selective membrane has been studied for both internal solution and all-solid-state sensors with a conducting polymer (CP) transducer. For interferents with moderate selectivity coefficients (sodium cations) present in the internal solution or in the CP transducer phase, super-Nernstian responses were obtained. For sensors containing strongly discriminated interferents (lithium ions), however, responses typical of conventional electrodes are observed, despite the low activity of primary ions on the opposite side of the membrane. This effect is attributed to hindered incorporation of interfering ions into the membrane, which also impairs the long term stability of the potential. Because of the relatively small absolute amounts of interferents in the transducer of all-solid-state sensors, their exchange for primary ions occurs quickly. Thus, transformation of the sensor to one with a micromolar detection limit and high potential stability is observed.      

Simplified fabrication of high areal capacitance all-solid-state micro-supercapacitors based on graphene and MnO2 nanosheets

A universal simplified strategy was developed to fabricate all-solid-state planar micro-supercapacitors with high areal capacitance (~355 mF/cm²), based on interdigital patterned films of 2D pseudocapacitive MnO₂ nanosheets and electrochemically exfoliated graphene.     

纳米复合全固态聚膦腈电解质

为了进一步提高聚合物电解质的室温离子电导率和锂离子的迁移数,通过对纳米二氧化硅的表面修饰,并采用可聚合的带氧化乙烯-氧化丙烯共聚侧链取代的聚膦腈大单体制备了纳米复合的全固态电解质.通过X射线光电子能谱,扫描电镜,差热扫描分析对纳米复合电解质的性能和形貌进行了分析,并通过交流阻抗考察了电解质与电极间的界面稳定性,用循环伏安表征了电解质的电化学稳定窗口,考察了锂盐含量对电解质离子电导率的影响,测试了电解质的离子电导率随温度的关系,并对锂离子的迁移数进行了测定.研究结果表明,通过纳米复合的方法,提高了聚合物电解质的离子电导率,降低了界面电阻,提高了锂离子迁移率.