Membranes (Feb 2023)

Sodium Super Ionic Conductor-Type Hybrid Electrolytes for High Performance Lithium Metal Batteries

  • Po-Yu Sung,
  • Mi Lu,
  • Chien-Te Hsieh,
  • Yasser Ashraf Gandomi,
  • Siyong Gu,
  • Wei-Ren Liu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes13020201
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 2
p. 201

Abstract

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Composite solid electrolytes (CSEs), composed of sodium superionic conductor (NASICON)-type Li1+xAlxTi2-x(PO4)3 (LATP), poly (vinylidene fluoride-hexafluoro propylene) (PVDF-HFP), and lithium bis (trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (LiTFSI) salt, are designed and fabricated for lithium-metal batteries. The effects of the key design parameters (i.e., LiTFSI/LATP ratio, CSE thickness, and carbon content) on the specific capacity, coulombic efficiency, and cyclic stability were systematically investigated. The optimal CSE configuration, superior specific capacity (~160 mAh g−1), low electrode polarization (~0.12 V), and remarkable cyclic stability (a capacity retention of 86.8%) were achieved during extended cycling (>200 cycles). In addition, with the optimal CSE structure, a high ionic conductivity (~2.83 × 10−4 S cm−1) was demonstrated at an ambient temperature. The CSE configuration demonstrated in this work can be employed for designing highly durable CSEs with enhanced ionic conductivity and significantly reduced interfacial electrolyte/electrode resistance.

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