Metal-Ion Chelating Gel Polymer Electrolyte for Ni-Rich Layered Cathode Materials at a High Voltage and an Elevated Temperature
- 18 February 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
- Vol. 13 (8), 9965-9974
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c21164
Abstract
Nickel-rich layered oxides (LiNi1–x–yCoxMnyO2; (1 – x – y) ≥ 0.6), the high-energy-density cathode materials of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), are seriously unstable at voltages higher than 4.5 V versus Li/Li+ and temperatures higher than 50 °C. Herein, we demonstrated that the failure mechanism of a nickel-rich layered oxide (LiNi0.6Co0.2Mn0.2O2) behind the instability was successfully suppressed by employing cyanoethyl poly(vinyl alcohol) having pyrrolidone moieties (Pyrd-PVA-CN) as a metal-ion-chelating gel polymer electrolyte (GPE). The metal-ion-chelating GPE blocked the plating of transition-metal ions dissolved from the cathode by capturing the ions (anode protection). High-concentration metal-ion environments developed around the cathode surface by the GPE suppressed the irreversible phase transition of the cathode material from the layered structure to the rock-salt structure (cathode protection). Resultantly, the capacity retention was significantly improved at a high voltage and a high temperature. Capacity retention and coulombic efficiency of a full-cell configuration of a nickel-rich layered oxide with graphite were significantly improved in the presence of the GPE especially at a high cutoff voltage (4.4 V) and an elevated temperature (55 °C).Funding Information
- Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (1.190002.01)
- Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KS2041-20)
- National Research Foundation of Korea (2019M1A2A2065614, 2020M3H4A3081874)
- Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (200007034, 20010282)
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