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A bioinspired high-modulus mineral hydrogel binder for improving the cycling stability of microsized silicon particle-based lithium-ion battery

Show Author's Information Meng Tian1,  Xiao Chen1,  Shengtong Sun2( ),  Dong Yang1( ),  Peiyi Wu1,2( )
State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers,Department of Macromolecular Science, Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Fudan University,Shanghai,200433,China;
State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials,College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Center for Advanced Low-dimension Materials, Donghua University,Shanghai,201620,China;
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Silicon with high specific capacity is deemed an ideal anode material for lithium ion batteries, which, however suffers from low cycling life due to its dramatic volume changes. Water-soluble polymer binders recently gain increasing attention by providing an eco-friendly and low-cost way in improving the cycling stability of Si-based anodes. Herein, a novel bioinspired supramolecular mineral hydrogel binder consisting of polyacrylic acid (PAA) physically crosslinked with amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC) nanoparticles is designed for high-performance anodes made from low-cost microsized Si particles. Owing to its organic-inorganic hydrophilic nature, ACC-PAA hybrid binder exhibits the reported highest modulus (~ 22 GPa) for polymer binders in electrolyte, even higher than lithiated Si species (Li15Si4, ~ 12 GPa). Together with its excellent adhesion and electrochemical stability, ACC-PAA binder can effectively suppress the pulverization of Si particles and maintain the mechanical integrity of electrodes during cycling. Therefore, even with a low binder content, the anode still shows an initial discharge capacity of 2, 973 mAh·g−1 and Coulombic efficiency of 81.5%, and retains 75% at a current density of 600 mA·g−1 after 100 cycles. The present organic-inorganic hybrid mineral binder may open a new approach for designing more effective polymer binders for Si-based lithium-ion batteries.


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A bioinspired high-modulus mineral hydrogel binder for improving the cycling stability of microsized silicon particle-based lithium-ion battery

Show Author's information Meng Tian1, Xiao Chen1, Shengtong Sun2( ), Dong Yang1( ), Peiyi Wu1,2( )
State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers,Department of Macromolecular Science, Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Fudan University,Shanghai,200433,China;
State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials,College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Center for Advanced Low-dimension Materials, Donghua University,Shanghai,201620,China;

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Silicon with high specific capacity is deemed an ideal anode material for lithium ion batteries, which, however suffers from low cycling life due to its dramatic volume changes. Water-soluble polymer binders recently gain increasing attention by providing an eco-friendly and low-cost way in improving the cycling stability of Si-based anodes. Herein, a novel bioinspired supramolecular mineral hydrogel binder consisting of polyacrylic acid (PAA) physically crosslinked with amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC) nanoparticles is designed for high-performance anodes made from low-cost microsized Si particles. Owing to its organic-inorganic hydrophilic nature, ACC-PAA hybrid binder exhibits the reported highest modulus (~ 22 GPa) for polymer binders in electrolyte, even higher than lithiated Si species (Li15Si4, ~ 12 GPa). Together with its excellent adhesion and electrochemical stability, ACC-PAA binder can effectively suppress the pulverization of Si particles and maintain the mechanical integrity of electrodes during cycling. Therefore, even with a low binder content, the anode still shows an initial discharge capacity of 2, 973 mAh·g−1 and Coulombic efficiency of 81.5%, and retains 75% at a current density of 600 mA·g−1 after 100 cycles. The present organic-inorganic hybrid mineral binder may open a new approach for designing more effective polymer binders for Si-based lithium-ion batteries.

Keywords: lithium-ion battery, polymer binder, mineral hydrogel, microsized silicon particle

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Received: 18 December 2018
Revised: 29 January 2019
Accepted: 24 February 2019
Published: 23 March 2019
Issue date: May 2019

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We gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (Nos. 51733003 and 51873035).

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