Tailoring Practical Solid Electrolyte Composites Containing Ferroelectric Ceramic Nanofibers and All-Trans Block Copolymers for All-Solid-State Lithium Metal Batteries

Shuhui Ge; Jiawei Wu; Rui Wang; Liang Zhang; Shujie Liu; Xianda Ma; Kelvin Fu; Jianhua Yan; Jianyong Yu; Bin Ding

doi:10.1021/acsnano.4c02236

Tailoring Practical Solid Electrolyte Composites Containing Ferroelectric Ceramic Nanofibers and All-Trans Block Copolymers for All-Solid-State Lithium Metal Batteries

ACS Nano. 2024 May 28;18(21):13818-13828. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.4c02236. Epub 2024 May 15.

Authors

Shuhui Ge¹, Jiawei Wu¹, Rui Wang¹, Liang Zhang¹, Shujie Liu¹, Xianda Ma¹, Kelvin Fu², Jianhua Yan^{1

3}, Jianyong Yu³, Bin Ding³

Affiliations

¹ Shanghai Frontier Science Research Center for Advanced Textiles, College of Textiles, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China.
² Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States.
³ Innovation Center for Textile Science and Technology, Donghua University, Shanghai 200051, China.

PMID: 38748457
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c02236

Abstract

Ion transport efficiency, the key to determining the cycling stability and rate capability of all-solid-state lithium metal batteries (ASSLMBs), is constrained by ionic conductivity and Li⁺-migration ability across the multicomponent phases and interfaces in ASSLMBs. Here, we report a robust strategy for the large-scale fabrication of a practical solid electrolyte composite with high-throughput linear Li⁺-transport channels by compositing an all-trans block copolymer PVDF-b-PTFE matrix with ferroelectric BaTiO₃-TiO₂ nanofiber films. The electrolyte shows a sustainable electromechanical-coupled deformability that enables the rapid dissociation of anions with Li⁺ to create more movable Li⁺ ions and spontaneously transform the battery internal strain into Li⁺-ion migration kinetic energy. The ceramic framework homogenizes the interfacial potential with electrodes, endowing the electrolyte with a high conductivity of 0.782 mS·cm^-1 and stable ion transport ability in ASSLMBs at room temperature. The batteries of LiFePO₄/Li can stably cycle 1000 times at 0.5 C with a high capacity retention of 96.1%, and Ah-grade pouch or high-voltage Li(Ni_0.8Mn_0.1Co_0.1)O₂/Li batteries also exhibit excellent rate capability and cycling performance.

Keywords: all-solid-state lithium metal battery; electromechanical coupling effect; ferroelectric solid electrolyte; global fast ion conduction; stable ion transport efficiency.