Advanced Fiber Materials, Volume. 6, Issue 3, 00371(2024)

A Heterogeneous Quasi-solid-State Hybrid Electrolyte Constructed from Electrospun Nanofibers Enables Robust Electrode/Electrolyte Interfaces for Stable Lithium Metal Batteries

Manxi Wang1,†... Shiwen Lv1,†, Manxian Li1, Xuan Li1, Chuanping Li1, Zulin Li1, Xiaochuan Chen1,*, Junxiong Wu1,**, Xiaoyan Li1,***, Yuming Chen1,2,**** and Qinghua Chen1 |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1Engineering Research Center of Polymer Green Recycling of Ministry of Education, Fujian Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences and College of Carbon Neutral Modern Industry, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350000, China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350000, China
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    Quasi-solid-state electrolytes that possess high ionic conductivity, excellent interface stability, and low interfacial resistance, are required for practical solid-state batteries. Herein, a heterogeneous quasi-solid-state hybrid electrolyte (QSHE) with a robust lithium-ion transport layer composed of Li1+xAlxTi2-x(PO4)3 (LATP) nanoparticles (NPs) at the anode/electrolyte interface was fabricated using electrospun nanofibers as a skeleton via a facile in situ polymerization approach. The QSHE exhibits a high ionic conductivity (0.98 mS cm-1), a wide electrochemical window (4.76 V vs. Li/Li+), and favorable compatibility with lithium metal (maintaining stability over 2000 h in a symmetrical cell) at room temperature. When coupled with a Li|LiFePO4 battery, the QSHE enables the battery to retain 95.4% of its capacity after 300 cycles at 2 C. Moreover, the atomic force microscopy verifies the high Young’s modulus of the LATP-dominated bottom layer, while numerical simulation validates the effective distribution of lithium ions at the interface facilitated by LATP NPs, hence contributing to dendrite-free lithium plating/stripping morphology. This straightforward strategy could pave the way for the development of high-performance and interfacially stable lithium metal batteries.

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    Manxi Wang, Shiwen Lv, Manxian Li, Xuan Li, Chuanping Li, Zulin Li, Xiaochuan Chen, Junxiong Wu, Xiaoyan Li, Yuming Chen, Qinghua Chen. A Heterogeneous Quasi-solid-State Hybrid Electrolyte Constructed from Electrospun Nanofibers Enables Robust Electrode/Electrolyte Interfaces for Stable Lithium Metal Batteries[J]. Advanced Fiber Materials, 2024, 6(3): 00371

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    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Sep. 30, 2023

    Accepted: Dec. 27, 2023

    Published Online: Jul. 31, 2024

    The Author Email: Chen Xiaochuan (chenxch29@126.com), Wu Junxiong (jwuba@fjnu.edu.cn), Li Xiaoyan (xiaoyanli1985@126.com), Chen Yuming (yumingc126@126.com)

    DOI:10.1007/s42765-023-00371-8

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