Volume 140, Issue 3 e53337
RESEARCH ARTICLE

Nanocomposite polymer electrolytes for solid-state lithium-ion batteries with enhanced electrochemical properties

Rong Liu

Rong Liu

School of Materials Science and Engineering, North University of China, Taiyuan, Shanxi, People's Republic of China

Contribution: Writing - original draft (lead)

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Genyan Zhang

Genyan Zhang

School of Materials Science and Engineering, North University of China, Taiyuan, Shanxi, People's Republic of China

Contribution: Software (equal)

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Ying Li

Ying Li

School of Materials Science and Engineering, North University of China, Taiyuan, Shanxi, People's Republic of China

Contribution: Resources (lead)

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Jinfang Zhang

Corresponding Author

Jinfang Zhang

School of Materials Science and Engineering, North University of China, Taiyuan, Shanxi, People's Republic of China

Correspondence

Jinfang Zhang, School of Materials Science and Engineering, North University of China, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030051, People's Republic of China.

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First published: 03 November 2022
Citations: 3

Funding information: Fundamental Research Program of Shanxi Province, Grant/Award Number: 202103021224177; The Key Laboratory research Foundation of North University of China and Shanxi Key Laboratory of Advanced Carbon Electrode Materials, Grant/Award Number: 202104010910019

Abstract

Solid-state polymer electrolytes (SPEs) have attracted significant attention owing to their improvement in high energy density and high safety performance. However, the low lithium-ion conductivity of SPEs at room temperature restricts their further application in lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). Herein, we propose a novel poly (ethylene oxide) (PEO)-based nanocomposite polymer electrolytes by blending boron-containing nanoparticles (BNs) in the PEO matrix (abbreviated as: PEO/BNs NPEs). The boron atom of BNs is sp2-hybridized and contains an empty p-orbital that can interact with the anion of lithium salt, promoting the dissociation of the lithium salts. In addition, the introduction of the BNs could reduce the crystallinity of PEO. And thus, the ionic conductivity of PEO/BNs NPEs could reach as high as 1.19 × 10−3 S cm−1 at 60°C. Compared to the pure PEO solid polymer electrolyte (PEO SPEs), the PEO/BNs NPEs showed a wider electrochemical window (5.5 V) and larger lithium-ion migration number (0.43). In addition, the cells assembled with PEO/BNs NPEs exhibited good cycle performance with an initial discharge capacity of 142.5 mA h g−1 and capacity retention of 87.7% after 200 cycles at 2 C (60°C).

DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

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