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Heat-Resistant Trilayer Separators for High-Performance Lithium-Ion Batteries

  • Chao Feng
  • , Xuchang Wang
  • , Guangfeng Zeng
  • , Dongjiang Chen
  • , Weiqiang Lv
  • , Yupei Han
  • , Xian Jian
  • , Shi Xue Dou
  • , Jie Xiong*
  • , Weidong He
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

High-performance rechargeable lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are central for electric vehicles and portable electronics. However, battery thermal runaway and explosion accidents in practical applications have aroused considerable debates on battery safety. The safety issues are directly associated with the flammable polyolefin separators and organic liquid electrolytes. Herein, a poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene)/Li6.75La3Zr1.75Ta0.25O12/poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) (PVDF-HFP/LLZTO/PVDF-HFP) trilayer separator with remarkable flammable retardancy and thermal stability is designed. The outer PVDF-HFP layers lead to compatible interfaces with battery electrodes, and the inner LLZTO layer enhances the thermal stability with subtle deformation at 300 °C. LiFePO4 half batteries assembled with the trilayer separator own a discharge capacity up to 153 mAh g−1 at 0.5 C and capacity retention up to 95% over 200 cycles. This work provides a new avenue to safe and high-performance LIBs.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1900504
JournalPhysica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letters
Volume14
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2020

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

  • LiLaZrTaO
  • flame retardance
  • lithium-ion batteries
  • poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene)
  • trilayer separators

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