화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Vol.164, No.9, A1834-A1840, 2017
Enhanced Interface Stability of Polymer Electrolytes Using Organic Cage-Type Cucurbit[6]uril for Lithium Metal Batteries
Safety, energy density and cycling life are believed to the most three urgent concerns to develop next-generation high-performance lithium ion batteries. Lithium metal anode is attractive owing to the extremely high theoretical specific capacity and the lowest negative electrochemical potential. However, the use of metallic lithium anode has been limited by the poor interface stability with the electrolyte along with the occurrence of dendrite growth. Here, we report a self-standing flexible composite polymer electrolyte (CPE) incorporated with organic robust cage-type cucurbit[6]uril (CB[6]) prepared by solvent-free hot-pressing method. Poly(ethylene oxide)-Lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl) imidewith 35 wt% CB[6] composite electrolyte exhibits awide electrochemical window at 55 degrees C(4.7Vvs. Li+/Li) and high thermal stability (380 degrees C). The interface stability with lithiummetal anode is significantly enhanced by the addition of CB[6]. At 0.5 C rate under operation temperature of 55 degrees C, the LiFePO4 vertical bar CPE vertical bar Li battery demonstrates excellent cycling performance with high capacity retention of 99.8% at 100th cycle and 86.5% at 200th cycle, which indicates that such CPE membranes are able to present stable electrode/electrolyte interface and inhibit lithium dendrite growth for achieving high-safety all-solid-state batteries. (C) 2017 The Electrochemical Society. All rights reserved.