Conducting Polymer Coating on a High-Voltage Cathode Based on Soft Chemistry Approach toward Improving Battery Performance

Yonguk Kwon, Yongho Lee, Sang Ok Kim, Hyung Seok Kim, Ki Jae Kim, Dongjin Byun, Wonchang Choi

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Abstract

The surface of a 5 V class LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 particle is modified with poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) conducting polymer by utilizing the hydrophobic characteristics of the 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT) monomer and the tail group of cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) surfactants, in addition to the electrostatic attraction between cationic CTAB surfactant and cathode materials with a negative potential in aqueous solution. With this novel concept, we design and prepare a uniform EDOT monomer layer on the cathode materials, and chemical polymerization of the EDOT coating layer is then carried out to achieve PEDOT-coated cathode materials via a simple one-pot preparation process. This uniform conducting polymer layer provides notable improvement in the power characteristics of electrodes, and stable electrochemical performance can be obtained especially at severe operating conditions such as the fully charged state and elevated temperatures owing to the successful suppression of the side reaction between the oxide particle and the electrolyte as well as the suppression of Mn dissolution from the oxide material.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)29457-29466
Number of pages10
JournalACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Volume10
Issue number35
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018 Sept 5

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT (No. 2018R1A2B2007081) and the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) institutional Program (Project No. 2E28142). The ζ potential experiment was carried out with the help of Anton Paar.

Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2018 American Chemical Society.

Keywords

  • PEDOT
  • conducting polymer
  • lithium-ion batteries
  • spinel cathodes
  • surface modification
  • surfactants

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Materials Science

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