Lithium Dendrite Suppression with UV-Curable Polysilsesquioxane Separator Binders

Wonjun Na; Albert S. Lee; Jin Hong Lee; Seung Sang Hwang; Eunkyoung Kim; Soon Man Hong; Chong Min Koo

doi:10.1021/acsami.6b02735

Lithium Dendrite Suppression with UV-Curable Polysilsesquioxane Separator Binders

Wonjun Na, Albert S. Lee, Jin Hong Lee, Seung Sang Hwang, Eunkyoung Kim, Soon Man Hong, Chong Min Koo

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Abstract

For the first time, an inorganic-organic hybrid polymer binder was used for the coating of hybrid composites on separators to enhance thermal stability and to prevent formation of lithium dendrite in lithium metal batteries. The fabricated hybrid-composite-coated separators exhibited minimal thermal shrinkage compared with the previous composite separators (<5% change in dimension), maintenance of porosity (Gurley number ∼400 s/100 cm³), and high ionic conductivity (0.82 mS/cm). Lithium metal battery cell examinations with our hybrid-composite-coated separators revealed excellent C-rate and cyclability performance due to the prevention of lithium dendrite growth on the lithium anode even after 200 cycles under 0.2-5C (charge-discharge) conditions. The mechanism for lithium dendrite prevention was attributed to exceptional nanoscale surface mechanical properties of the hybrid composite coating layer compared with the lithium metal anode, as the elastic modulus of the hybrid-composite-coated separator far exceeded those of both the lithium metal anode and the required threshold for lithium metal dendrite prevention.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	12852-12858
Number of pages	7
Journal	ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Volume	8
Issue number	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b02735
Publication status	Published - 2016 May 25
Externally published	Yes

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Funding Information:
This work was supported by Fundamental R&D Program for Core Technology of Materials and the Industrial Strategic Technology Development Program funded by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, Republic of Korea. Partial funding was given by the Materials Architecturing Research Center of Korea Institute of Science and Technology and the Korea Research Fellowship Program funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning through the National Research Foundation of Korea.

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© 2016 American Chemical Society.

Keywords

lithium dendrite
lithium metal battery
separator
silsesquioxane
thermal stability

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