Designing solid-state electrolytes for safe, energy-dense batteries

Q Zhao, S Stalin, CZ Zhao, LA Archer - Nature Reviews Materials, 2020 - nature.com
Solid-state electrolytes (SSEs) have emerged as high-priority materials for safe, energy-
dense and reversible storage of electrochemical energy in batteries. In this Review, we …

Single‐ion conducting polymer electrolytes for solid‐state lithium–metal batteries: design, performance, and challenges

J Zhu, Z Zhang, S Zhao, AS Westover… - Advanced Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Realizing solid‐state lithium batteries with higher energy density and enhanced safety
compared to the conventional liquid lithium‐ion batteries is one of the primary research and …

Polymers in lithium‐ion and lithium metal batteries

J Li, Y Cai, H Wu, Z Yu, X Yan, Q Zhang… - Advanced Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Lithium‐ion batteries play a significant role in modern electronics and electric vehicles.
However, current Li‐ion battery chemistries are unable to satisfy the increasingly heightened …

Solid-state polymer electrolytes with in-built fast interfacial transport for secondary lithium batteries

Q Zhao, X Liu, S Stalin, K Khan, LA Archer - Nature Energy, 2019 - nature.com
Solid-state electrolytes with high room-temperature ionic conductivity and fast interfacial
charge transport are a requirement for practical solid-state batteries. Here, we report that …

Self-healable dynamic poly (urea-urethane) gel electrolyte for lithium batteries

F Elizalde, J Amici, S Trano, G Vozzolo… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Self-healing materials are actively studied in order to extend the lifetime and performance of
batteries. Dynamic covalent networks have recently emerged as one of the best self …

Single-ion conducting gel polymer electrolytes: design, preparation and application

K Deng, Q Zeng, D Wang, Z Liu, Z Qiu… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Electrolytes as pivotal components of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) and lithium metal batteries
(LMBs) influence the capacity, cycle stability, safety and operating conditions of the batteries …

Applications of polymer electrolytes in lithium-ion batteries: a review

J Chattopadhyay, TS Pathak, DMF Santos - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Polymer electrolytes, a type of electrolyte used in lithium-ion batteries, combine polymers
and ionic salts. Their integration into lithium-ion batteries has resulted in significant …

Comprehensively-upgraded polymer electrolytes by multifunctional aramid nanofibers for stable all-solid-state Li-ion batteries

L Liu, J Lyu, J Mo, H Yan, L Xu, P Peng, J Li, B Jiang… - Nano Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Satisfactory ionic conductivity and mechanical stability are the prerequisites for the
applications of solid polymer electrolytes in Li-ion batteries. Herein, by using aramid …

Polyurethane-based polymer electrolytes for lithium Batteries: Advances and perspectives

Z Lv, Y Tang, S Dong, Q Zhou, G Cui - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
Polymer electrolytes (PEs) have been widely regarded as an effective approach to eliminate
most of the potential safety hazards encountered in traditional liquid electrolytes for lithium …

Constructing a multi-functional polymer network for ultra-stable and safe Li-metal batteries

S Gao, Z Li, Z Zhang, B Li, XC Chen, G Yang… - Energy Storage …, 2023 - Elsevier
The practical application of lithium (Li) metal electrodes is impeded by Li dendrite growth
and unstable solid electrolyte interphase (SEI). Herein, a multi-grafting polymer network …