Synthesis and Electrochemical Performance of PEO-Al2O3 Hybrid Membrane for High Safety Lithium-ion Batteries
ZHANG Wenkui1, WANG Jia1, LI Jiaojiao1, ZHOU Xiaozheng2, YE Zhangjun2, HUANG Hui1, GAN Yongping1, XIA Yang1
1 College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014 2 Zhejiang Godsend Power Technology Co., Ltd, Hangzhou 311245
Abstract: In this work, a series of polyethylene glycol oxide (PEO)-aluminium oxide (Al2O3) hybrid membranes were prepared by a slurry coating method. The effect of the mass ratio of PEO/Al2O3on the performance of PEO-Al2O3 hybrid membranes was systematically investigated. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM), X-ray energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectra (FTIR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), thermogravimetric analysis (TG) and combustion test were performed to reveal the morphology, element distribution, phase composition, surface chemical state and thermal stability of PEO-Al2O3 hybrid membranes. In addition, linear sweep voltammetry (LSV), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), porosity and electrolyte uptake test were employed to investigate the electrochemical stability, ionic conductivity, porosity and electrolyte uptake of PEO-Al2O3 hybrid membranes. The results showed that PEO-Al2O3-90 hybrid membrane had a high ionic conductivity (1.21×10-3 S/cm), high electrolyte uptake (260%), good thermal stability, high porosity (47%) and wide electrochemical stabilization window (0—4.8 V). At the current density of 0.1C, LiFePO4|PEO-Al2O3-90|Li cells assembled with PEO-Al2O3-90 hybrid membrane exhibited a high discharge specific capacity, superior cycling stability and enhanced safety.
Larcher D, Tarascon J. Nature Chemistry, 2015, 7(1), 19.2 Lee E S, Huq A, Chang H Y, et al. Chemistry of Materials, 2012, 24(3), 600.3 Xiao H, Xia Y, Zhang W K, et al. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2013, 1(6), 2307.4 Yan Y, Li B, Guo W, et al. Journal of Power Sources, 2016, 329, 148.5 Yan Y, Gu P, Zheng S S, et al. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2016, 4(48), 19078.6 Yan Y, Xu H, Guo W, et al. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 2016, 3, 791.7 Yan Y, Luo Y Q, Ma J Y, et al. Small, 2018, 14, 1801815.8 Kim S K, Jung Y C, Kim D H, et al. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2016, 163(6), A974.9 Zhu Y S, Wang F X, Liu L L, et al. Energy & Environmental Science, 2013, 6(2), 618.10 Zhang S S. Journal of Power Sources, 2007, 164(1), 351.11 Chen J C, Yan Y D, Sun T, et al. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2014, 161(9), A1241.12 Sun C W, Liu J, Gong Y D, et al. Nano Energy, 2017, 33, 363.13 Kato Y, Hori S, Saito T, et al. Nature Energy, 2016, 1, 16030.14 Quartarone E, Mustarelli P. Chemical Society Reviews, 2011, 40(5), 2525.15 Yu C, Ganapathy S, Eck E R H V, et al. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017, 5(40), 21178.16 Janek J, Zeier W G. Nature Energy, 2016, 1(9), 16141.17 Xu K. Chemical Reviews, 2014, 114(23), 11503.18 Zhang W B, Weber D A, Weigand H, et al. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2017, 9(21), 17835.19 Liao Y H, Li X P, Fu C H, et al. Journal of Power Sources, 2011, 196(4), 2115.20 Zhang Z H, Zhao Y R J, Chen S, et al. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017, 5(32), 16984.21 Jung Y C, Lee S M, Choi J H, et al. Journal of the Electrochemical So-ciety, 2015, 162(4), A704.22 Dissanayake M A K L. Ionics, 2004, 10(3-4), 221.23 Zhang X W, Wang C, Appleby A J, et al. Journal of Power Sources, 2002, 112(1), 209.24 Bandara T M W J, Karunathilaka D G N, Ratnasekera J L, et al. Ionics, 2017, 23(7), 1711.25 Rao R P, Sharma N, Peterson V K, et al. Solid State Ionics, 2013, 230(11), 72.26 Cheng S, Smith D M, Pan Q, et al. RSC Advances, 2015, 5(60), 48793.27 Osada I, Vries D H, Scrosati B, et al. Angewandte Chemie-international Edition, 2016, 55(2), 500.28 Prabakaran P, Manimuthu R P, Gurusamy S, et al. Polymer Science, 2017, 35(3), 407.29 Nancy A C, Suthanthiraraj S A. Ionics, 2017, 23(6), 1439.30 Choudhary S. Journal of Physics & Chemistry of Solids, 2018, 121, 196.31 Sengwa R J, Choudhary S. Journal of Alloys & Compounds, 2017, 701, 652.32 Masoud E M, El-Bellihi A A, Bayoumy W A, et al. Journal of Alloys & Compounds, 2013, 575(8), 223.33 Jinisha B, Anilkumar K M, Manoj M, et al. Ionics, 2017, 24(6), 1675.34 Hyun J. Polymer, 2001, 42(15), 6473.35 Zhang Y, Fan W, Du H Q, et al. Surface Review & Letters, 2017, 25, 1850102.36 Wenning B, Rizis G, Calabrese D R, et al. Macromolecules, 2017, 50(7), 2656.37 Mázl C E, Popgeorgievski O, Kumorek M M, et al. Biomaterials Science, 2017, 5(6), 1130.38 Rajendran S, Mahendran O, Kannan R. Journal of Physics & Chemistry of Solids, 2002, 63(2), 303.39 Yu D Y W, Fietzek C, Weydanz W, et al. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2007, 154(4), A253.40 Xia Y, Zhang W K, Huang H, et al. Journal of Power Sources, 2011, 196(13), 5651.