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Hollow multishelled structural ZnO fillers enhance the ionic conductivity of polymer electrolyte for lithium batteries

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Composite polymer electrolyte (CPE) with ceramic fillers has gained great attention for lithium batteries with high energy density and safety. However, the agglomeration of ceramic fillers and weak polymer-ceramic interaction induces limited ionic conductivity and hinders its implementation. Here, hollow multishelled structure (HoMS) ZnO with a size range of 700 ~ 900 nm is designed as fillers for polyethylene oxide (PEO)-based CPE. Strong chemical and mechanical interaction between PEO and ZnO HoMS enable a high ionic conductivity and good electrochemical and mechanical stability. Wherein, double-shelled ZnO HoMS exhibits a good ionic conductivity of 1.04 × 10−4 S∙cm−1 and 1.2 × 10−3 S∙cm−1 at 30 ℃ and 60 ℃. Additionally, all-solid-state LiFePO4/Li full cell adopted with ZnO HoMS filled CPE exhibits a high initial specific capacity of 169 mAh∙g−1 and good cycling stability and withstands abuse test. The enhanced performance is due to that HoMS provides PEO with faster ion transport channels, more effective Lewis acid-based interaction sites, suppressed PEO crystallinity, and improved ionic conductivity.

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We are grateful to Professor Kai Liu’s laboratory of Tsinghua University for the technical guidance of sample preparation provided in this study.

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This work was financially supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.: 51932001, 51872024, 21820102002, 21931012, 22111530178, 51972305, 51972306), the National Key R&D Program (Grant No.: 2018YFA0703503, 2021YFC2902500, 2022YFA1504100), the Cooperation Fund of the Institute of Clean Energy Innovation, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No.: DNL202020), the Zhongke-Yuneng Joint R&D Center Program (No.: ZKYN2022008).

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    Yingjian Ma, Ruyi Bi, Mei Yang, Peng Wei, Jian Qi, Jiangyan Wang & Dan Wang

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    Yingjian Ma, Ruyi Bi & Ranbo Yu

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    Peng Wei, Jiangyan Wang & Dan Wang

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. D.W., R.Y., and J.W. conceived the idea and supervised the research. Y.M. performed experiments and basic characterizations. D.W., R.Y., J.W., Y.M., R.B., M.Y., J.Q., and P.W. analyzed and discussed the experimental data. Y.M. and J.W. drafted the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Ma, Y., Bi, R., Yang, M. et al. Hollow multishelled structural ZnO fillers enhance the ionic conductivity of polymer electrolyte for lithium batteries. J Nanopart Res 25, 14 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-022-05661-7

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