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State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Polymer Research Institute of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
E-mail yangfengscu@126.com
Received:17 June 2017,
Accepted:30 August 2017,
Online First:07 November 2017,
Published:05 April 2018
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Ding Lei, Guan Xu, Qian Ge, et al. Effect of Fumed SiO2 on Pore Formation Mechanism and Various Performances of
In this work
four samples containing different contents of fumed SiO
2
were prepared to improve the pore size distribution and various properties of
β
nucleated isotatic polypropylene (
β
-
i
PP) biaxial membrane used for lithium-ion battery separator. The wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) results show that the fumed SiO
2
promotes the formation of
β
-crystal slightly and narrows down the thickness distribution of
β
-lamellae; meanwhile
evenly distributed SiO
2
within
β
-
i
PP can be inspected by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Moreover
further detailed characterization of morphological evolutions during biaxial stretching by tensile testing and SEM manifests that SiO
2
can strengthen
β
-
i
PP and make the samples deform more homogeneously
resulting in a gradually elaborate and finer oriented microfibril structure after longitudinal stretching
in which more uniform defects distribute between fibrils and restrain the formation of coarse fibrils effectively. Therefore
more superior microporous structure emerges with the addition of SiO
2
accompanied by narrower pore size distribution and better connectivity between microvoids
which is confirmed by mercury porosimeter and diminished Gurley value. Moreover
the lower thermal shrinkage
decreased shrinkage rate and suppressed porosity reduction indicate that fumed SiO
2
improves thermal and dimensional stability of membrane dramatically. Furthermore
due to the excellent wettability of SiO
2
with electrolyte
the microporous membranes doped with SiO
2
have higher electrolyte uptake
even after heat treatment at elevated temperature.
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