Hu Yang, Su Han, Fu Jiamin, Luo Jing, Yu Qihang, Zhao Feipeng, Li Weihan, Deng Sixu, Liu Yu, Yuan Yi, Gan Yi, Wang Yijia, Kim Jung Tae, Chen Ning, Shakouri Mohsen, Hao Xiaoge, Gao Yingjie, Pang Tianlu, Zhang Nian, Jiang Ming, Li Xia, Zhao Yang, Tu Jiangping, Wang Changhong, Sun Xueliang
Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Nat Chem. 2025 Sep;17(9):1313-1322. doi: 10.1038/s41557-025-01866-0. Epub 2025 Aug 4.
Organic electrode materials offer a versatile, sustainable approach for next-generation lithium-ion batteries but are limited by low working voltages and poor cycling stability. Here we report a solid-solvation-structure design strategy to improve both the voltage and stability of organic electrode materials in all-solid-state batteries. As a proof of concept, we incorporate halide electrolytes as solid solutes and tetrachloro-o-benzoquinone as a solid solvent to form homogeneous solid cathode solutions. Systematic optimization of the inner solvation configuration enables tetrachloro-o-benzoquinone to achieve a high working voltage (3.6 V vs. Li/Li) at room temperature within an asymmetric solid solvation sheath. Moreover, the equilibrium redox pathway and electrostatically driven self-healing interfaces revealed rapid redox kinetics and stable performance over 7,500 cycles in all-solid-state batteries under low stack pressures. This work demonstrates that organic electrode materials can serve as viable, durable and cost-effective alternatives to transition metal oxides in all-solid-state batteries.
有机电极材料为下一代锂离子电池提供了一种通用、可持续的方法,但受到工作电压低和循环稳定性差的限制。在此,我们报告一种固溶体结构设计策略,以提高全固态电池中有机电极材料的电压和稳定性。作为概念验证,我们将卤化物电解质作为固体溶质,四氯邻苯醌作为固体溶剂,以形成均匀的固体阴极溶液。对内部溶剂化构型的系统优化使四氯邻苯醌在室温下于不对称固体溶剂化鞘内实现高工作电压(相对于Li/Li为3.6 V)。此外,平衡氧化还原途径和静电驱动的自愈界面显示出在低堆叠压力下全固态电池中超过7500次循环的快速氧化还原动力学和稳定性能。这项工作表明,有机电极材料可以作为全固态电池中过渡金属氧化物可行、耐用且具有成本效益的替代品。