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Preparation and performance of porous polyethersulfone (PES)/Al2O3 separator for high-performance lithium-oxygen battery

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The polymer separator is part of the gel polymer electrolyte (GPE) and plays a crucial role in battery. In this study, a novel PES-based separator for lithium-oxygen batteries was prepared using non-solvent-induced phase separation (NIPS) technique firstly and modified by doping Al2O3 nanoparticles. It is proved that the properties of the PES/Al2O3 separator are affected by the presence of Al2O3 nanoparticles. The results show that the PES/Al2O3 separator with Al2O3 content of 2 wt% and 4 wt% has lower crystallinity, higher electrolyte uptake, and better mechanical properties and thermal stability than PES-based separator without Al2O3. The resulting PES/Al2O3 separator containing 4 wt% Al2O3 has higher ionic conductivity (0.49 mS cm−1) and lithium ions transference number (0.28). Consequently, the assembled batteries with the PES/Al2O3 separator containing 4 wt% Al2O3 exhibit excellent cycling performance (75 cycles, 1000 mAh g−1 at 0.05 mA cm−2). Therefore, PES/Al2O3 separator has a significance meaning in the research of high-safety and long-cycle lithium-oxygen battery.

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The authors would like to give our sincere gratitude to the support by National Key R&D Program of China (Grant No. 2018YFB0104200), Special Funds for the Construction of Innovative Province of Hunan (Grant No. 2020GK2056), Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province (Grant No. 2020JJ4717), and the Open-End Fund for the Valuable and Precision Instruments of Central South University (Grant No. CSUZC202030).

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    Jiuqing Liu, Feifei Song, Qihou Li, Jie Li, Zikun Hong, Cheng Wang, Meng Liu, Lishun Bai & Fanli Zeng

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Liu, J., Song, F., Li, Q. et al. Preparation and performance of porous polyethersulfone (PES)/Al2O3 separator for high-performance lithium-oxygen battery. Ionics 27, 4927–4936 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-021-04274-9

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