Nano-Micro Letters, Volume. 17, Issue 1, 038(2025)

Porous Organic Cage-Based Quasi-Solid-State Electrolyte with Cavity-Induced Anion-Trapping Effect for Long-Life Lithium Metal Batteries

Wei-Min Qin1,†... Zhongliang Li2,†, Wen-Xia Su1,†, Jia-Min Hu1,†, Hanqin Zou1,†, Zhixuan Wu1,†, Zhiqin Ruan1,†, Yue-Peng Cai1,3,†,*, Kang Li1,3,†,**, and Qifeng Zheng1,3,†*** |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1School of Chemistry, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, People’s Republic of China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Functional Metal-Organic Compounds of Hunan Province, College of Chemistry and Material Science, Hengyang Normal University, Hengyang 421008, People’s Republic of China
  • 3Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Energy Storage Materials, Guangzhou, 510006, People’s Republic of China
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    Porous organic cages (POCs) with permanent porosity and excellent host–guest property hold great potentials in regulating ion transport behavior, yet their feasibility as solid-state electrolytes has never been testified in a practical battery. Herein, we design and fabricate a quasi-solid-state electrolyte (QSSE) based on a POC to enable the stable operation of Li-metal batteries (LMBs). Benefiting from the ordered channels and cavity-induced anion-trapping effect of POC, the resulting POC-based QSSE exhibits a high Li+ transference number of 0.67 and a high ionic conductivity of 1.25 × 10-4 S cm-1 with a low activation energy of 0.17 eV. These allow for homogeneous Li deposition and highly reversible Li plating/stripping for over 2000 h. As a proof of concept, the LMB assembled with POC-based QSSE demonstrates extremely stable cycling performance with 85% capacity retention after 1000 cycles. Therefore, our work demonstrates the practical applicability of POC as SSEs for LMBs and could be extended to other energy-storage systems, such as Na and K batteries.

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    Wei-Min Qin, Zhongliang Li, Wen-Xia Su, Jia-Min Hu, Hanqin Zou, Zhixuan Wu, Zhiqin Ruan, Yue-Peng Cai, Kang Li, Qifeng Zheng. Porous Organic Cage-Based Quasi-Solid-State Electrolyte with Cavity-Induced Anion-Trapping Effect for Long-Life Lithium Metal Batteries[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2025, 17(1): 038

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    Paper Information

    Category: Research Articles

    Received: May. 4, 2024

    Accepted: Aug. 6, 2024

    Published Online: Feb. 12, 2025

    The Author Email: Cai Yue-Peng (caiyp@scnu.edu.cn), Li Kang (likang5@m.scnu.edu.cn), Zheng Qifeng (qifeng.zheng@m.scnu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1007/s40820-024-01499-x

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