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Polyrotaxane-based electrolyte with excellent thermal stability for quasi-solid lithium metal batteries

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Despite the high-energy densities, the safety problem of thermal runaway in lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) severely hinders their further application. Therefore, as an essential part of LIBs, the separator should ideally have good thermal stability at high temperatures. Here, a novel polyrotaxane (PR)-based gel polymer electrolyte (GPE) with good thermal stability is made by a simple solution casting method. The thermal shrinkage of the PR is less than 20% even heated at 200 °C; in contrast, the commercial Celgard 2400 separator undergoes dramatic deformation above 140 °C. The gel polymer electrolyte presents excellent compatibility in the cells of LiFePO4 and LiNi0.5Co0.2Mn0.3O2 cathode. The cell composed of Li/GPE/LiFePO4 presents good discharge performance and excellent stored performance. The cell composed of Li/GPE/LiNi0.5Mn0.3Co0.2O2 presents excellent capacity retention of 85.9% in 300 cycles while discharging at the 0.5 C rate. This GPE is promising to be applied to Li metal batteries with high safety and good cycle life.

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This work was supported by the Fujian Provincial Science and Technology Department’s University Industry Cooperation Project (grant nos. 2016H6006, 2020H6010) and Fuzhou Science and Technology Bureau Project (grant no. 2017-G-68).

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  2. Shenzhen Graduate School, Peking University, Shenzhen, 518055, People’s Republic of China

    Zijian Wang, Luyi Yang & Hai Lin

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Li, J., Wang, Z., Tong, Q. et al. Polyrotaxane-based electrolyte with excellent thermal stability for quasi-solid lithium metal batteries. Ionics 28, 3623–3634 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-022-04610-7

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