College of Material Science and Engineering , Southwest Petroleum University , Chengdu 610500 , China.
Chengdu Green Energy and Green Manufacturing Technology R&D Center , China Academy of Engineering Physics , Chengdu 610200 , China.
ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2018 Aug 1;10(30):25384-25392. doi: 10.1021/acsami.8b06800. Epub 2018 Jul 20.
Fabrication of a gel polymer electrolyte containing succinonitrile (GPE-SN) with high mechanical strength is quite challenging because the SN electrolyte always suppresses the formation of polymer networks during in situ polymerization. In this work, a mechanically robust GPE-SN was successfully prepared by using a solution immersion method. During fabrication, the paste-like SN electrolyte was transformed into a liquid SN electrolyte with low viscosity by heating at 50 °C and then infiltrated into the UV-cured highly cross-linked polyurethane acrylate (PUA) skeleton. The resulted GPE-SN film exhibits superior tensile strength (6.5 MPa) compared to the one (0.5 MPa) prepared by in situ polymerization (GPE-SN-IN). The high mechanical strength of the GPE-SN-IM film enables the LiCoO/LiTiO film battery to withstand 100-cycle folding without electrolyte damage and capacity loss. Besides, the GPE-SN presents a high ionic conductivity (1.63 × 10 S·cm at 25 °C), which is comparable to GPE with a commercial liquid electrolyte (GPE-LE). Because of good thermal stability of the GPE-SN, the LiCoO/Li cell with this electrolyte shows better charge-discharge cycling stability than that with GPE-LE at high temperature (55 °C). Thus, the GPE-SN prepared by our method could be a promising polymer electrolyte offering better safety and reliability for lithium-ion batteries.
制备具有高机械强度的含有丁二腈(GPE-SN)的凝胶聚合物电解质是具有挑战性的,因为 SN 电解质总是在原位聚合过程中抑制聚合物网络的形成。在这项工作中,通过使用溶液浸渍法成功制备了机械强度高的 GPE-SN。在制备过程中,将糊状 SN 电解质加热至 50°C 以转化为低粘度的液态 SN 电解质,然后将其渗透到 UV 固化的高交联度聚氨酯丙烯酸酯(PUA)骨架中。与通过原位聚合(GPE-SN-IN)制备的 GPE-SN 膜(拉伸强度为 0.5 MPa)相比,所得到的 GPE-SN 膜具有优异的拉伸强度(6.5 MPa)。GPE-SN-IM 膜的高机械强度使 LiCoO/LiTiO 薄膜电池能够承受 100 次折叠而不会损坏电解质和损失容量。此外,GPE-SN 具有较高的离子电导率(25°C 时为 1.63×10 S·cm),与具有商业液体电解质的 GPE(GPE-LE)相当。由于 GPE-SN 的热稳定性良好,因此与具有 GPE-LE 的电解质的 LiCoO/Li 电池在高温(55°C)下具有更好的充放电循环稳定性。因此,我们的方法制备的 GPE-SN 可以作为一种有前途的聚合物电解质,为锂离子电池提供更好的安全性和可靠性。