Issue 43, 2017

A sulfonimide-based alternating copolymer as a single-ion polymer electrolyte for high-performance lithium-ion batteries

Abstract

For the next generation of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), single Li-ion polymer electrolytes (SPEs) are widely considered an effective substitute to traditional dual-ion electrolytes, due to their ability to restrain the salt concentration gradient and the polarization loss in the cells. A new single-ion conductor with an alternating structure is synthesized by the simple radical copolymerization of lithium 4-styrenesulfonyl(phenyl-sulfonyl)imide and maleic anhydride. Its SPE membrane composite with poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) exhibits both high lithium ion conductivity (σLi+ = 2.67 mS cm−1) and transference number (tLi+ = 0.98). The full cell with the prepared SPE sandwiched between a LiFePO4 cathode and a Li4Ti5O12 anode shows good cycling stability and rate capability. These results suggest that this novel electrolyte is promising for application in next-generation LIBs.

Graphical abstract: A sulfonimide-based alternating copolymer as a single-ion polymer electrolyte for high-performance lithium-ion batteries

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
04 Jul 2017
Accepted
15 Sep 2017
First published
15 Sep 2017

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017,5, 22519-22526

A sulfonimide-based alternating copolymer as a single-ion polymer electrolyte for high-performance lithium-ion batteries

C. Cao, Y. Li, Y. Feng, P. Long, H. An, C. Qin, J. Han, S. Li and W. Feng, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2017, 5, 22519 DOI: 10.1039/C7TA05787C

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