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Composite nanofiber membranes of bacterial cellulose/halloysite nanotubes as lithium ion battery separators

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Composite nanofiber membranes comprising bacterial cellulose (BC) and halloysite nanotubes (HNTs) were prepared by vacuum filtration. The tensile strength and ionic conductivity of the nanofiber membranes were improved by the blending of HNTs. The BC/HNTs nanofiber membrane with m(BC): m(HNTs) = 150: 1 (denoted as BC/HNTs-150) exhibited superior tensile strength (84.4 MPa), high porosity (83.0%), outstanding thermal stability as well as good electrolyte retention (369% electrolyte uptake). In addition, the BC/HNTs-150 membrane delivered a higher ionic conductivity (5.13 mS cm−1) than that of the BC (2.88 mS cm−1) and commercial PP–PE–PP (2.05 mS cm−1) separators. The battery containing the BC/HNTs-150 separator also showed better capacity (162 mAh g−1) and cycling property (95% after 100 cycles) than the battery using the BC separator, demonstrating the BC/HNTs composite membranes to be hopeful candidates used in high-performance lithium-ion batteries.

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This work was supported by the Scientific Innovation Team Project of the Education Department of Hubei Province (No. T201507), Analytical and Testing Center (WTU), the Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51703170 and 21673167) and the National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2016YFA0101102).

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  1. State Key Laboratory for Hubei New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing Technology, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, 430200, China

    Chenghao Huang, Hui Ji, Lei Luo, Weilin Xu & Jie Xu

  2. College of Science, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China

    Bin Guo

  3. College of Environmental Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, 430200, China

    Jinping Li

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Huang, C., Ji, H., Guo, B. et al. Composite nanofiber membranes of bacterial cellulose/halloysite nanotubes as lithium ion battery separators. Cellulose 26, 6669–6681 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-019-02558-y

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