Polymer Template Synthesis of Soft, Light, and Robust Oxide Ceramic Films
Jianhua Yan,
Yun Zhao,
Xiao Wang,
Shuhui Xia,
Yuanyuan Zhang,
Yuhui Han,
Jianyong Yu,
Bin Ding
Affiliations
Jianhua Yan
Key Laboratory of Textile Science & Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Textiles, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China; Innovation Center for Textile Science and Technology, Donghua University, Shanghai 200051, China; Corresponding author
Yun Zhao
Key Laboratory of Textile Science & Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Textiles, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
Xiao Wang
State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
Shuhui Xia
Key Laboratory of Textile Science & Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Textiles, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
Yuanyuan Zhang
Key Laboratory of Textile Science & Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Textiles, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
Yuhui Han
Key Laboratory of Textile Science & Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Textiles, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
Jianyong Yu
Innovation Center for Textile Science and Technology, Donghua University, Shanghai 200051, China
Bin Ding
Innovation Center for Textile Science and Technology, Donghua University, Shanghai 200051, China; Corresponding author
Summary: Oxide ceramic materials underpin a wide variety of technologies. However, the inherent fragility of these materials limits their use in emerging fields like wearable electronics and soft energy storage devices. Here, we develop a sol-gel electrospinning technique followed by calcination to create a range of oxide ceramic nanofiber films that exhibit significant softness without fragility after various deformations. This approach causes the ceramic crystals to fuse together at a low temperature during their growth within the polymer nanofiber templates. All the synthesized ceramic films, from SiO2 to BaTiO3, Li0.33La0.56TiO3, and Li7La3Zr2O12, have silk-like softness of 900% and high thermal insulation performance, enhancing the rate capability and safety of lithium batteries. The reported method allows scalable synthesis of soft oxide ceramic films with properties appealing for applications. : Ceramics; Chemistry; Inorganic Chemistry; Inorganic Materials; Materials Science; Polymers Subject Areas: Ceramics, Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Inorganic Materials, Materials Science, Polymers
