Copper-coated Porous Polyimide as Ultralight and Safe Current Collectors for Advanced LIBs

Cun-Sheng Liu; Jun-Qi Hu; Ting-Ting Mao; Song-Yi Liao; Ru-Ming Feng; Yi-Dong Liu; Yong-Gang Min

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Copper-coated Porous Polyimide as Ultralight and Safe Current Collectors for Advanced LIBs

RESEARCH ARTICLE | Updated：2024-03-14

- Copper-coated Porous Polyimide as Ultralight and Safe Current Collectors for Advanced LIBs
- Chinese Journal of Polymer Science Vol. 42, Issue 4, Pages: 521-531(2024)
- Affiliations：
  
  a.School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
  b.College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou 510225, China
  c.Shanwei Branch of Advanced Energy Science and Technology Guangdong Laboratory, Shanwei 516600, China
- Author bio：
  
  songyiliao@gdut.edu.cn (S.Y.L.)
  ygmin@gdut.edu.cn (Y.G.M.)
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- DOI：10.1007/s10118-023-3062-8
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- Received：31 July 2023，
  
  Revised：2023-11-15，
  
  Accepted：23 November 2023，
  
  Online First：29 December 2023，
  
  Published：01 April 2024
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Liu, C. S.; Hu, J. Q.; Mao, T. T.; Liao, S. Y.; Feng, R. M.; Liu, Y. D.; Min, Y. G. Copper-coated porous polyimide as ultralight and safe current collectors for advanced LIBs. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2024, 42, 521–531

Cun-Sheng Liu, Jun-Qi Hu, Ting-Ting Mao, et al. Copper-coated Porous Polyimide as Ultralight and Safe Current Collectors for Advanced LIBs[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2024, 42(4): 521-531.
Liu, C. S.; Hu, J. Q.; Mao, T. T.; Liao, S. Y.; Feng, R. M.; Liu, Y. D.; Min, Y. G. Copper-coated porous polyimide as ultralight and safe current collectors for advanced LIBs. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2024, 42, 521–531 DOI： 10.1007/s10118-023-3062-8.

Cun-Sheng Liu, Jun-Qi Hu, Ting-Ting Mao, et al. Copper-coated Porous Polyimide as Ultralight and Safe Current Collectors for Advanced LIBs[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2024, 42(4): 521-531. DOI： 10.1007/s10118-023-3062-8.

摘要

A novel Cu@porous polyimide anode current collector (Cu@PPI for short) was fabricated by laser hole making/vacuum deposition. Benefiting from the porous structure

electrons can be efficiently transported on Cu@PPI. Compared with commercial copper foil

Cu@PPI has lighter weight

higher safety and excellent electrochemical performance

which indicates a great increase in battery energy density.

Abstract

Metallic copper is widely used as current collector (CC) for graphite anode of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) due to its high electrical conductivity and electrochemical stability. However

the large volume density of commercial copper foil (~8.9 g·cm

−3

) limits the increase of energy density of battery. Here

copper-coated porous polyimide (Cu@PPI) was prepared by vacuum evaporation as collector for the graphite anode. The sandwich structure connects the copper metal on both sides of the collector with excellent electrical conductivity. Compared to commercial Cu foil

Cu@PPI has lighter mass (≤3.9 mg for disc of 12 mm diameter versus 9.9 mg of ~10 μm Cu foil) and lower volume density (≤3.3 g·cm

−3

). In addition

the porous structure allows of better adhesion of reactive substances and electrochemical properties than pure Cu foils. It is estimated that the energy density of Cu@PPI should be much higher than that of Cu foil. This strategy should be applicable for other current collectors.

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