Fibrous Separator with Surface Modification and Micro-Nano Fibers Lamination Enabling Fast Ion Transport for Lithium-Ion Batteries

Yi-Ge Zhou; Li Fan; He-Qin Li; Yu-Jia Cui; Shu-Fa Yu; Zhen-Zhen Wei; Yan Zhao

doi:10.1007/s10118-022-2856-4

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Fibrous Separator with Surface Modification and Micro-Nano Fibers Lamination Enabling Fast Ion Transport for Lithium-Ion Batteries

RESEARCH ARTICLE | Updated：2023-01-06

- Fibrous Separator with Surface Modification and Micro-Nano Fibers Lamination Enabling Fast Ion Transport for Lithium-Ion Batteries
- Chinese Journal of Polymer Science Vol. 41, Issue 2, Pages: 222-232(2023)
- Affiliations：
  
  a.College of Textile and Clothing Engineering, National Engineering Laboratory for Modern Silk, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
  b.Jiangsu Yingyang Nonwoven Machinery Co., LTD., Changshu 215500, China
- Author bio：
  
  zzwei@suda.edu.cn (Z.Z.W.)
  yanzhao@suda.edu.cn (Y.Z.)
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1007/s10118-022-2856-4
  CLC：
- Received：10 June 2022，
  
  Revised：2022-7-30，
  
  Accepted：15 August 2022，
  
  Online First：21 September 2022，
  
  Published：01 February 2023
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Zhou, Y. G.; Fan, L.; Li, H. Q.; Cui, Y. J.; Yu, S. F.; Wei, Z. Z.; Zhao, Y. Fibrous separator with surface modification and micro-nano fibers lamination enabling fast ion transport for lithium-ion batteries. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2023, 41, 222–232

Yi-Ge Zhou, Li Fan, He-Qin Li, et al. Fibrous Separator with Surface Modification and Micro-Nano Fibers Lamination Enabling Fast Ion Transport for Lithium-Ion Batteries[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2023, 41(2): 222-232.
Zhou, Y. G.; Fan, L.; Li, H. Q.; Cui, Y. J.; Yu, S. F.; Wei, Z. Z.; Zhao, Y. Fibrous separator with surface modification and micro-nano fibers lamination enabling fast ion transport for lithium-ion batteries. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2023, 41, 222–232 DOI： 10.1007/s10118-022-2856-4.

Yi-Ge Zhou, Li Fan, He-Qin Li, et al. Fibrous Separator with Surface Modification and Micro-Nano Fibers Lamination Enabling Fast Ion Transport for Lithium-Ion Batteries[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2023, 41(2): 222-232. DOI： 10.1007/s10118-022-2856-4.

摘要

By first wetting-modifying the polyethylene terephthalate microfibers and then laminating a polyvinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene nanofiber layer

a fibrous separator (GOPPH) with high porosity and hierarchical structure was created. Two theoretical modes were shown to exhibit its desired lithium ion transport properties

including the ability to move more ions more quickly.

Abstract

Appropriate materials collaborated with reasonable structure can significantly increase the separator performance for lithium-ion batteries. In this work

taking the advantages of microfibrous and nanofibrous membranes and compensating for their defects

we developed a composited separator (GOPPH) with excellent overall performance by first wetting-modifying the polyethylene terephthalate microfibers and then laminating a polyvinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene nanofiber layer. Such a combination not only offers the GOPPH separator

from the perspective of structure

with high porosity and hierarchical structure in terms of fiber diameter and pore size

but also provides satisfactory features including wettability

mechanical strength and thermal shutdown function that benefit from the selected materials. Meanwhile

as determined by experimental and theoretical approaches

the obtained GOPPH separator exhibits considerably enhanced lithium ion transport ability with a high lithium ion transference number and transport rate

which thereby endowing the cell with superior cycling stability with a capacity retention of 93% after 200 cycles at 1 C. Therefore

considering battery safety and performance

the GOPPH fibrous membrane could be a promising separator candidate for lithium-ion batteries.

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