InfoMat (Sep 2021)

Interfacial engineering of lithium‐polymer batteries with in situ UV cross‐linking

  • Ramin Rojaee,
  • Samuel Plunkett,
  • Md Golam Rasul,
  • Meng Cheng,
  • Vahid Jabbari,
  • Reza Shahbazian‐Yassar

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/inf2.12197
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 9
pp. 1016 – 1027

Abstract

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Abstract Developing promising solid‐state Li batteries with capabilities of high current densities have been a major challenge partly due to large interfacial resistance across the electrode/electrolyte interfaces. This work represents an integrated network of self‐standing polymer electrolyte and active electrode materials with in situ UV cross‐linking. This method provides a uniform morphology of composite polymer electrolyte with low thickness of 20–40 μm. This modification leads to promising cycling results with 85% specific capacity retention in Li||LiFePO4 cell over 100 cycles at high current densities of 170 mA g−1 (~25 μA cm−2, 1 C). By applying this method, the interfacial resistance decreases as high as seven folds compared to noncross‐linked interfaces. The following work introduce a facile and cost‐effective method in developing fast‐charging self‐standing polymer batteries with enhanced electrochemical properties.

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