Understanding the Role of Solvents on the Morphological Structure and Li-Ion Conductivity of Poly(vinylidene fluoride)-Based Polymer Electrolytes

  • Zhou C
  • Bag S
  • Lv B
  • et al.
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Polymer-based solid-state electrolytes (SSEs) are promising candidates to enhance the performances of current lithium-ion batteries (LiBs), as they possess advantages of facile processing and flexibility over ceramic SSEs. However, polymer SSEs such as poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) suffer from low ionic conductivity, a limited voltage stability window, and thermal stability. Poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF)-based polymer electrolytes (PPEs) with lean solvent confinement provide improved ionic conductivity and outstanding chemical/electrochemical stability. In this study, we report the effects of different solvents on the morphological structure and ionic conductivity of PPEs. We demonstrate that solvents with relatively high boiling points (dimethylformamide (DMF), dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP), and dimethylacetamide (DMA)) can be trapped in PPEs, and they all have positive effects on the ionic conductivity. The ionic conductivity is related to the quantity of the trapped solvent; for a PPE with DMF retention of ∼20%, the ionic conductivity is about 0.1 mS cm −1 . Increasing the amount of lithium salt was found to improve the solvent retention but at the cost of membranes’ mechanical property. It is also possible to introduce a low boiling point co-solvent in order to reduce the production cost and drying duration for manufacturing PPEs.

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Zhou, C., Bag, S., Lv, B., & Thangadurai, V. (2020). Understanding the Role of Solvents on the Morphological Structure and Li-Ion Conductivity of Poly(vinylidene fluoride)-Based Polymer Electrolytes. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 167(7), 070552. https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ab7c3a

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