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Thermodynamically and Physically Stable Dendrite-Free Li Interface with Layered Boron Nitride Separators
- Source :
- ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 9:4185-4193
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- American Chemical Society (ACS), 2021.
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Abstract
- The development of promising separator candidates, offering both great physical rigidity and high thermal resistance, is still a global challenge to guarantee high-performance electrochemical cells. Freestanding hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) separators are developed using strategically combined synthetic steps with liquid and thermal expansion exfoliation methods, which can simply fabricate the largely yielded h-BN nanosheets. The as-prepared freestanding h-BN nanosheet separator presents better ionic conductivity than commercial polymer separators and further provides excellent stability of Li ion cells by suppressing the protruding dendritic Li growth during cycles on the electrodes, as well as the high thermal and electrochemical stabilities of h-BN nanosheet separators even after the aging process at high temperatures of 80–120 °C. Furthermore, lithium titanate (LTO) batteries with the freestanding h-BN separators maintain an outstanding reversible Coulombic efficiency of ∼99% after 600 cycles, as well as high cycling retention, indicating the significant improvement in battery performance compared to the LTO batteries with commercial polymer separators. Thus, the freestanding h-BN separators may provide a new strategic way for the efficient storage of charge in next-generation rechargeable batteries and high-safety energy storage applications.
- Subjects :
- Materials science
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
General Chemical Engineering
Thermal resistance
Separator (oil production)
Hexagonal boron nitride
02 engineering and technology
General Chemistry
010402 general chemistry
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
01 natural sciences
0104 chemical sciences
Electrochemical cell
Dendrite (crystal)
chemistry.chemical_compound
Rigidity (electromagnetism)
Chemical engineering
chemistry
Boron nitride
Environmental Chemistry
Thermal stability
0210 nano-technology
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Details
- ISSN :
- 21680485
- Volume :
- 9
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....89e259d2453d08ddfbb10e3569980a81