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Highly Efficient Multicomponent Gel Biopolymer Binder Enables Ultrafast Cycling and Applicability in Diverse Battery Formats
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posted on 2020-11-17, 19:41 authored by Ling Ding, Rita Leones, Ahmad Omar, Jing Guo, Qiongqiong Lu, Steffen Oswald, Kornelius Nielsch, Lars Giebeler, Daria MikhailovaElectrode
materials with a high performance and stable cycling
have been commercialized, but the utilization of state-of-the-art
Li-ion batteries in high-current rate applications is restricted because
of limitations in other battery components, in particular, the lack
of an efficient binder. Herein, a novel multicomponent polymer gel
binder (PGB) is presented, comprising the biopolymer chitosan as the
host, embedded with the 1-butyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium dicyanamide
(PYR14DCA) ionic liquid and the lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide
(LiTFSI) salt. The multicomponent approach leads to carbon black arrangement
along well-distributed chitosan chains in the electrodes, forming
a highly electronic conductive network. Furthermore, the plasticizing
effect of the ionic liquid leads to an enhanced ionic conductivity.
As a result, shorter charge-transfer paths are enabled, leading to
an exceptionally high rate capability in LiFePO4 and Li4Ti5O12 half cells, up to 50C. LiFePO4||Li4Ti5O12 full cells using
the PGB for both electrodes also demonstrated stable cycling at 10C,
with an impressively high discharge capacity of 173 mA h·g–1 after 1000 cycles. In addition, freestanding electrodes
could also be realized and functioning flexible Li-ion cells were
successfully demonstrated. Thus, the novel water-processable binder
offers multifaceted advantages, making the approach highly promising
for industrial implementation.
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well-distributed chitosan chainsconductive networkEfficient Multicomponent Gel Biopol...multicomponent approachfreestanding electrodescharge-transfer paths50 Crate capability10 Cbattery componentsnovel water-processable binderrate applicationscyclingplasticizing effect1- butyl -1-methylpyrrolidinium dic...Li 4 Ti 5 O 12 half cellsnovel multicomponent polymer gel binderbiopolymer chitosan1000 cyclesdischarge capacityDiverse Battery Formats Electrode m...PGBLiFePO 4Li-ion cellsPYR 14 DCALi-ion batteries