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Mechanical strong polymer cross-linking PVDF nanofiber electrolyte for lithium-ion batteries

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Solid-state battery has been considered as ultimate form of lithium-ion batteries due to high safety and extreme temperature tolerance, but the solid-state electrolyte fails to meet the requirements which are often suffered from low ionic conductivity, weak mechanical properties, and poor interfacial contact with the electrode simultaneously. In this paper, we report preparation of a new polymer cross-linking PVDF nanofibrous-based quasi solid-state electrolyte (P-PVDF) by in situ polymerization of melamine and epoxy-ended amino-terminated polyoxypropylene with LiPF6-based liquid electrolyte in framework of PVDF nanofiber. The polymer cross-linking PVDF nanofiber not only improves mechanical strength for polymer electrolyte but also contributes to the one-off formation of a homogenous solid electrolyte interface to suppressing dendrite lithium. The ether-dominated polymer chains provide ionic transportation channel induced high ionic conductivity (1.35 mS/cm). In comparison with liquid electrolyte, the P-PVDF polymer electrolyte exhibits significantly enhanced rate behavior with retention rate of 75% (61% for the liquid elelctrolyte) at 8 °C, cycling stability of 92% initial capacities (80% for liquid electrolyte) after 200 cycles.

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This work are supported by the link projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 11602082), Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 2019JJ50136) and the scientific research fundation of Hunan Provincial Education Department (No. 19C0596 and 19C596).

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Zhou, F., Liao, H. & Zhang, Z. Mechanical strong polymer cross-linking PVDF nanofiber electrolyte for lithium-ion batteries. Ionics 26, 3893–3900 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-020-03549-x

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