High-conductivity free-standing Li6PS5Cl/poly(vinylidene difluoride) composite solid electrolyte membranes for lithium-ion batteries

  • Shuo WANG
  • , Xue ZHANG
  • , Sijie LIU
  • , Chengzhou XIN
  • , Chuanjiao XUE
  • , Felix RICHTER
  • , Liangliang LI
  • , Lizhen FAN
  • , Yuanhua LIN
  • , Yang SHEN
  • , Jürgen JANEK
  • , Ce-Wen NAN*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Journal PublicationsJournal Article (refereed)peer-review

Abstract

Bulk-type all-solid-state batteries (ASSBs) using sulfide solid electrolyte are considered as a promising alternative to commercial lithium-ion batteries owing to their high energy density and safety. However, cell energy density is often comparatively low due to use of a thick solid electrolyte separator and a lithium alloy as anode. For achieving high-performance ASSBs, creating a thin free-standing electrolyte with high-conductivity and good cycling stability against lithium anode is essential. In this work, we present Li6PS5Cl/poly(vinylidene difluoride) (LPSCl/PVDF) composite electrolytes prepared by a slurry method. The influence of the PVDF content on the microstructure, morphology, ionic conductivity and activation energy of the LPSCl/PVDF electrolytes is systematically investigated. Free-standing LPSCl/PVDF membranes with a thickness of 100–120 μm and a high ionic conductivity of about 1·10−3 S cm−1 at 25 °C are obtained. After adding PVDF to the LPSCl electrolyte, the cycling stability of the LPSCl electrolyte against lithium metal improves significantly. Therefore, LPSCl/PVDF composite electrolytes are promising candidates to be used in ASSBs.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)70-76
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Materiomics
Volume6
Issue number1
Early online date26 Dec 2019
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 2020
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Chinese Ceramic Society

Funding

This work was supported by the Basic Science Center Program of NSFC under Grant No. 51788104 and NSFC projects under Grant Nos. 51532002 , 51572141 , and 51625202. JJ and FR acknowledge financial support within the project 03XP0177A funded by BMBF with the cluster of competence FESTBATT.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

  • Composite solid electrolyte
  • Li6PS5Cl
  • Poly(vinylidene difluoride)

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