Constructing in-situ polymerized electrolyte for room-temperature solid-state chloride ion battery with enhanced electrochemical performance

doi:10.1016/j.jmst.2024.04.050

Abstract

Abstract: Considering large volume variation and dissolution issues of some promising electrode materials for chloride ion batteries (CIB), the construction of solid polymer electrolytes (SPE) for efficient chloride ion transport is intriguing. However, this is hindered by low ionic conductivity of chloride SPEs and poor cycling performance of CIBs. Herein, an in-situ polymerized and cross-linked poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate-based chloride SPE with a low plasticizer content of succinonitrile is designed, yielding a room-temperature ionic conductivity of 7.6 × 10^-5 S cm^-1, which is higher than that of previously reported SPEs for CIBs. Moreover, the use of the as-prepared SPE achieves an integrated organic cathode with significantly enhanced rate performance and capacity retention of 96.1 % after 100 cycles at room temperature, which is much higher than 49.9 % (80 cycles) of the cathode in the CIB with a sandwiched structure. These improved properties are also superior to that of other reported cathodes coupled with different chloride SPEs. The chloride ion transfer mechanism of the cathode is revealed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and energy dispersive spectroscopy.

Key words: Chloride ion batteries, Polymer electrolytes, Poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate, Ionic conductivity, Integrated cathode, Cycling stability

Yuling Xu, Tiantian Zhu, Haiyang Xu, Xiangyu Zhao. Constructing in-situ polymerized electrolyte for room-temperature solid-state chloride ion battery with enhanced electrochemical performance[J]. J. Mater. Sci. Technol., 2025, 206: 185-192.

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