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.     

全固态锂金属电池表界面化学的研究进展

传统的锂金属电池存在电解液易泄漏、 易燃等安全隐患, 因此开发不燃性全固态电解质对于解决锂金属电池安全问题至关重要, 而如何有效降低固体电解质与电极之间的界面电阻是发展高性能全固态锂金属电池的关键. 针对如何优化全固态锂金属电池表界面的问题, 本文综述了全固态锂金属电池电极和电解质表面修饰的最新研究进展, 对提高界面接触和降低界面电阻的传统方法进行了探讨, 分析并点评了新型的表面修饰技术, 为进一步提高全固态锂金属电池的综合性能提供新思路. 最后, 对全固态锂金属电池的研究前景进行了展望.     

高性能硫化物基全固态锂电池设计：从实验室到实用化

全固态锂电池因其优异的安全性和高能量密度成为储能领域的重点研究内容。硫化物电解质因其高离子电导率、良好电极/电解质界面兼容性及易加工性,有力推动了硫化物基全固态锂电池的发展。本文首先从实验室研究阶段出发,从正极/电解质界面、硫化物电解质自身及负极/电解质界面三方面阐述了硫化物基全固态锂电池现阶段面临的主要问题,并介绍了相关的解决策略。随后从硫化物基全固态锂电池的实用化生产角度出发,介绍了电极/电解质膜的制膜工艺、软包电池的装配相关问题、高载正极的设计及硫化物电解质的大规模、低成本制备。最后展望了硫化物基全固态锂电池的未来研究方向和发展趋势。     

Electrochemical Processes of Sulfide in NaCl Electrolyte Solutions on Mercury Electrode

The electrochemical processes of sulfide in NaCl electrolyte solutions were studied using stripping cyclic voltammetry, differential capacity and chronoamperometric measurements. Some new effects were observed and are here discussed. At potentials around ?0.1 to ?0.3 V a pair of Faradaic adsorptive peaks, which can only be observed in the presence of chloride, is attributed to the formation of HgCl ion from the deposited layer of HgS. A second pair of peaks of purely capacitive character was observed at ?0.4 V. This is the result of the reorientation and partial desorption or transformation of HgS layers. The formation and dissolution of HgS layers on mercury has been well investigated previously. We observed some new effects after depositing approximately ten layers of HgS and attributed this to the formation of polysulfides at positive potentials.     

Combination of Organic and Inorganic Electrolytes for Composite Membranes Toward Applicable Solid Lithium Batteries

To meet the demand for long-range electric vehicles with high-energy-density batteries,the solid-state batteries(SSBs)have attracted ever-increasing attention due to their enormous potential in affording the energy density greater than 400 W·h/kg.As the key materials,the solid electrolytes can be classified as inorganic electrolyte and organic electrolyte.The former usually has high ionic conductivity,good stability and mechanical properties,whereas being heavy and brittle.The latter is usually flexible,light and easy to mass produce,nevertheless has poor ionic conductivity and stability.Thus,the combination of the organic and the inorganic electrolytes for the composite membranes has become the inevitable trend to achieve the high energy density and safety of lithium batteries.From the perspective of practical application,this paper discusses how to construct the ideal organic-inorganic composite solid electrolyte with low areal specific resistance,thin texture,wide electrochemical window and high safety for applicable SSBs.Furthermore,the critical challenges and future development directions are prospected for the composite solid electrolytes.     

水系钠离子电池的研究进展及实用化挑战

水系钠离子电池因其安全性高、成本低、环境友好等突出优势近些年来受到了广泛而深入的研究,在取得巨大进展的同时也逐步开始了产业化进程.但是与有机体系二次电池相比,水系钠离子电池仍然极大地受限于电解液较窄的电化学稳定窗口和电极材料较差的循环稳定性.迄今为止,如何解决上述问题依然是这一领域发展的关键.本综述主要概述了水系钠离子电池电极材料、电解液以及集流体的最新进展,分析了开发高性能水系钠离子电池的挑战和可能的解决策略,并进一步讨论了水系钠离子电池的发展前景.     

Structural Batteries: A Review

Structural power composites stand out as a possible solution to the demands of the modern transportation system of more efficient and eco-friendly vehicles. Recent studies demonstrated the possibility to realize these components endowing high-performance composites with electrochemical properties. The aim of this paper is to present a systematic review of the recent developments on this more and more sensitive topic. Two main technologies will be covered here: (1) the integration of commercially available lithium-ion batteries in composite structures, and (2) the fabrication of carbon fiber-based multifunctional materials. The latter will be deeply analyzed, describing how the fibers and the polymeric matrices can be synergistically combined with ionic salts and cathodic materials to manufacture monolithic structural batteries. The main challenges faced by these emerging research fields are also addressed. Among them, the maximum allowable curing cycle for the embedded configuration and the realization that highly conductive structural electrolytes for the monolithic solution are noteworthy. This work also shows an overview of the multiphysics material models developed for these studies and provides a clue for a possible alternative configuration based on solid-state electrolytes.     

硫化物固态电解质Li10GeP2S12与锂金属间界面稳定性的改善研究

通过N-丁基-N-甲基哌啶双（氟磺酰）亚胺盐离子液体和双（氟磺酰）亚胺锂盐修饰了Li|Li₁₀GeP₂S₁₂界面,并研究了界面的改性效果.研究结果表明,在界面处原位生成一层致密的固体电解质界面膜（SEI）,具有一定流变性的离子液体可渗透到Li₁₀GeP₂S₁₂晶粒内部;在0.1 mA/cm²的电流密度下,界面改性后的Li|Li₁₀GeP₂S₁₂|Li对称电池可稳定循环1500 h以上,极化电压仅为30 mV.在2.5~3.6 V电压范围内,Li|Li₁₀GeP₂S₁₂|LiFePO₄电池在0.2C倍率下充放电循环的首次放电比容量为148.1 mA·h/g,库仑效率为95.8%,经过30次循环后容量保持率为90.1%.     

Research Progress toward Room Temperature Sodium Sulfur Batteries: A Review

Lithium metal batteries have achieved large-scale application, but still have limitations such as poor safety performance and high cost, and limited lithium resources limit the production of lithium batteries. The construction of these devices is also hampered by limited lithium supplies. Therefore, it is particularly important to find alternative metals for lithium replacement. Sodium has the properties of rich in content, low cost and ability to provide high voltage, which makes it an ideal substitute for lithium. Sulfur-based materials have attributes of high energy density, high theoretical specific capacity and are easily oxidized. They may be used as cathodes matched with sodium anodes to form a sodium-sulfur battery. Traditional sodium-sulfur batteries are used at a temperature of about 300 °C. In order to solve problems associated with flammability, explosiveness and energy loss caused by high-temperature use conditions, most research is now focused on the development of room temperature sodium-sulfur batteries. Regardless of safety performance or energy storage performance, room temperature sodium-sulfur batteries have great potential as next-generation secondary batteries. This article summarizes the working principle and existing problems for room temperature sodium-sulfur battery, and summarizes the methods necessary to solve key scientific problems to improve the comprehensive energy storage performance of sodium-sulfur battery from four aspects: cathode, anode, electrolyte and separator.     

Low-Temperature Electrolyte Design for Lithium-Ion Batteries: Prospect and Challenges

Lithium-ion batteries have dominated the energy market from portable electronic devices to electric vehicles. However, the LIBs applications are limited seriously when they were operated in the cold regions and seasons if there is no thermal protection. This is because the Li+ transportation capability within the electrode and particularly in the electrolyte dropped significantly due to the decreased electrolyte liquidity, leading to a sudden decline in performance and short cycle-life. Thus, design a low-temperature electrolyte becomes ever more important to enable the further applications of LIBs. Herein, we summarize the low-temperature electrolyte development from the aspects of solvent, salt, additives, electrolyte analysis, and performance in the different battery systems. Then, we also introduce the recent new insight about the cation solvation structure, which is significant to understand the interfacial behaviors at the low temperature, aiming to guide the design of a low-temperature electrolyte more effectively.     

Organic Positive Materials for Magnesium Batteries: A Review

Magnesium batteries, like lithium-ion batteries, with higher abundance and similar efficiency, have drawn great interest for large-scale applications such as electric vehicles, grid energy storage and many more. On the other hand, the use of organic electrode materials allows high energy-performance, metal-free, environmentally friendly, versatile, lightweight, and economically efficient magnesium storage devices. In particular, the structural diversity and the simple activity of organic molecules make redox properties, and hence battery efficiency, easy to monitor. While organic magnesium batteries still in their infancy, this field becomes more and more promising because significant results were reported. To summarize the achievements in studies on organic cathodes for magnesium systems, their synthesis is discussed, combined with electrode design to provide the basis for controlling the electrochemical properties. Moreover, the techniques to synthesize organic materials with high-yield are mentioned. Finally, potential problems and prospects are explored to further improve organic cathodes.     

锂硒电池研究进展

锂硒电池因其高能量密度、高体积比容量和适中的输出电压等优点而成为备受关注的二次电池。然而,由于穿梭效应、较差的导电性、低活性物质利用率以及较快的容量衰减等问题,锂硒电池的实际应用受到了极大的阻碍。近些年,研究人员深入研究了锂硒电池的充放电机理,同时也探索了各种碳材料、金属化合物等新材料作为正极载体、中间层和电解液添加剂对于电化学性能的影响。本文系统地总结了锂硒电池的电极材料、中间层和添加剂等的研究进展,并且重点介绍了在充放电机理和系统优化方面的进步,以期为锂硒电池的进一步发展提供新的思路。     

不可燃氟代碳酸酯基钠离子电池电解液

Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are widely used in cellphones, laptops, and electric cars owing to their high energy density and long operational lifetime. However, their further deployment in large-scale energy storage systems is restricted by the uneven distribution of lithium resources (~0.0017% (mass fraction, w) in the Earth's crust). Therefore, alternative energy storage systems composed of abundant elements are of urgent need. Recently, sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) have attracted significant attention and are considered to be a potential alternative for next-generation batteries owing to abundant sodium resources (~2.64% (w) of the Earth's crust), suitable potential (−2.71 V), and low cost. SIBs are similar to LIBs in terms of their physical and electrochemical properties. Previous studies have mainly focused on SIB storage materials, including hard carbon, alloys, and hexacyanoferrate, while the safety of SIBs remains largely unexplored. Similar to LIBs, the current electrolytes used in SIBs are mainly composed of flammable organic carbonate solvents (or ether solvents), sodium salts, and functional additives, which pose possible safety issues. Moreover, the chemical activity of sodium is much higher than that of lithium, leading to a higher risk of fire, thermal runaway, and explosion. To overcome this problem, herein we propose a fluorinated non-flammable electrolyte composed of 0.9 mol∙L⁻¹ NaPF₆ (sodium hexafluorophosphate) in an intermixture of di-(2, 2, 2 trifluoroethyl) carbonate (TFEC) and fluoroethylene carbonate (FEC) in a 7 : 3 ratio by volume. Its physical and electrochemical properties were studied by ionic conductivity, direct ignition, cyclic voltammetry, and charge/discharge measurements, demonstrating excellent flame-retarding ability and outstanding compatibility with sodium electrodes. The electrochemical tests showed that the Prussian blue cathode retained a capacity of 84 mAh∙g⁻¹ over 50 cycles in the prepared electrolyte, in contrast to the rapid capacity degradation in a flammable conventional carbonate electrolyte (74 mAh∙g⁻¹ with 57% capacity retention after 50 cycles). To test the practical application of the proposed electrolyte, a hard carbon anode was used and exhibited exceptional performance in this system. The enhancement mechanism was further verified by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and scanning emission microscopy (SEM) investigations. Polycarbonate on the surface of the cathode played an important role for the studied electrolyte system. The polycarbonate may originate from FEC decomposition, which can enhance the ionic conductivity of the solid electrolyte interface (SEI) layer and reduce impedance. Hence, we believe that this proposed electrolyte may provide new opportunities for the design of robust and safe SIBs for next-generation applications.     

新型成膜电解液添加剂亚硫酸丁烯酯的电化学行为

合成制备了一种新的环状亚硫酸酯类有机溶剂——亚硫酸丁烯酯(BS). 量子化学计算结果表明, 亚硫酸丁烯酯有机溶剂分子的总能、LUMO值比碳酸丙烯酯有机溶剂的低, 具有较强的得电子能力, 不易被氧化. 其作为添加剂与碳酸丙烯酯(PC)混合应用于锂离子电池中, 可有效地抑制PC在石墨电极中的共插入, 能显著改善循环性能.     

Self-Repairable and Flexible Polymer Network Electrolyte with Enhanced Lithium-Ion Conduction for Lithium Metal Batteries

Developing high-performance functional polymer-based electrolytes is important for realizing next generation safe lithium metal batteries. In this study, a new type of quasi-solid polymer network electrolyte (SIPH-x-y%) was prepared by combining synthesized polymer network (SIPH) containing urethane bond linked ionic liquids (ILs), polyethylene glycol (PEG), and disulfide bond moieties, lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide salt (LiTFSI), and glyme type additive. It was found that SIPH-20-40% was mechanically flexible, self-healable, and showed high ionic conductivity of 2.67×10⁻⁴ S cm⁻¹. Also, SIPH-20-40% possesses a high lithium ion transference number of 0.43 and good electrochemical stability. These properties enabled the SIPH-20-40% electrolyte membrane to support Li/Li symmetrical cell to cycle stably during long term Li plating and stripping. The Li/SIPH-20-40%/LFP showed high delivered specific capacity and good stability (166.1 mAh g⁻¹ after 106 cycles at 0.2 C). Such glyme doped polymer network electrolyte provides new experimental findings for developing polymer-based electrolyte with excellent mechanical integrity and battery related properties.     

锂离子电池三元正极材料电解液添加剂的研究进展

三元层状氧化物{Li[Ni_xCo_yM_z]O₂（0 < x,y,z < 1,M＝Mn,缩写NMC;M＝Al,缩写NCA）}具有能量密度高、循环性能好、价格适中等优异的综合性能,是目前锂离子电池（LIBs）中最具应用前景的一类正极材料.随着纯电动汽车（EVs）及混合电动汽车（HEVs）的快速发展,人们对LIBs的能量密度、循环寿命以及安全性要求不断提高.然而,在传统电解液体系中,三元正极材料在高电压、高温下会发生剧烈的结构变化和界面副反应,给实际应用带来巨大挑战,尤其是高镍三元材料的循环寿命和安全性.其中,开发适配的电解液添加剂是提高锂离子电池电化学性能最经济有效的方法之一.从物质本征结构出发,综述了近5年来包括碳酸亚乙烯酯（VC）、氟代物、新型锂盐、含P、含B、含S、腈类等及其复合物作为电解液添加剂在NMC及NCA正极材料中的应用及作用机理,并进行总结与展望.     

A Review on Regenerating Materials from Spent Lithium-Ion Batteries

Recycling spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have attracted increasing attention for their great significance in environmental protection and cyclic resources utilization. Numerous studies focus on developing technologies for the treatment of spent LIBs. Among them, the regeneration of functional materials from spent LIBs has received great attention due to its short process route and high value-added product. This paper briefly summarizes the current status of spent LIBs recycling and details the existing processes and technologies for preparing various materials from spent LIBs. In addition, the benefits of material preparation from spent LIBs, compared with metals recovery only, are analyzed from both environmental and economic aspects. Lastly, the existing challenges and suggestions for the regeneration process are proposed.     

一种新型复合微孔聚合物电解质及其与锂离子电池负极相容性研究

以介孔分子筛SBA-15为造孔剂和填料, 研究出一种无需使用增塑剂制备复合微孔型聚合物电解质(SBA-15 CMPE)的新方法. 组装Li/SBA-15 CMPE/Li对称电池, 并利用电化学阻抗谱(EIS)技术研究了存放时间、循环伏安(CV)扫描、恒电流极化以及环境温度等对Li/SBA-15 CMPE界面性质的影响. 通过将成膜浆料直接浇铸在用水性粘合剂制备的中间相微球碳(MCMB)电极片上, 制备附有SBA-15 CMPE的一体化电极(MCMB/SBA-15 CMPE). 用该MCMB/SBA-15 CMPE所组装的三电极模拟电池具有良好的循环性能, EIS研究揭示了其首次阴极极化过程中碳电极上SEI膜的形成、生长和稳定的过程.     

NaOH电解液改善MH/Ni电池自放电性能的机理研究

以NaOH电解液代替KOH能够明显改善MH/N i电池的自放电性能和高温(60℃)充电效率.电化学阻抗和循环伏安测试表明,NaOH电解液的作用可能是改变了H原子于负极表面的吸(脱)附行为,并在一定程度上抑制了负极的析氢过程,从而改善了电池的自放电性能.     

A Novel Application of Lithium Heteropoly Blue as Non-aqueous Electrolyte in Polyacenic Semiconductor-Li Secondary Batteries

Lithium heteropoly blue(Li5PW10^ⅥW2^ⅤO40)was used as a non-aqueous electrolyte in the polyacenic semiconductor(PAS)-Li secondary battery instead of LiClO4.The properties of the PAS-Li secondary battery,especially the effect of Li5PW10ⅥW2^ⅤO40 on the capacity,the cycle property and the self-discharging of the battery have been investigated.The results indicate that not only i5PW10ⅥW2^ⅤO40 can overcome the disadvantages of LiClO4,which is apt to explode when heated or rammed.but also the PAS-Li secondary battery assembled with the novel electrolyte has a larger capacity and smaller self-discharging than that assembled with LiClO4.Therefore,it is believed that lithium heteropoly blue is a better and novel electrolyte for the PAS secondary battery and exhibity significant and practical application.