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Advances in electrolyte safety and stability of ion batteries under extreme conditions

Show Author's Information Zhuo Chen1,  Keliang Wang1,2( ),  Pucheng Pei2,  Yayu Zuo1,  Manhui Wei1,  Hengwei Wang1,  Pengfei Zhang1,  Nuo Shang1
School of Mechanical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
State Key Lab. of Automotive Safety and Energy, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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solid state electrolyte, aqueous electrolyte, polymer electrolyte, battery safety, ion batteries, ionic liquid electrolyte
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Electric vehicles have been promoted worldwide due to fast-charge technology of ion batteries. However, ion batteries’ capacity and cycle life severely decay under extreme conditions, which is mostly related to electrolyte conductivity drop and side reactions. This review highlights the safety and stability of ion batteries in terms of thermal stability, non-flammability, low-temperature, and so on, outlining the disadvantages of organic liquid electrolyte, and summarizing effective solutions of polymer electrolytes, solid-state electrolytes, ionic liquid electrolytes, and aqueous electrolytes for the batteries. Moreover, the outlook on the electrolytes is put forward, which is available for research and development of the next generation batteries.


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Advances in electrolyte safety and stability of ion batteries under extreme conditions

Show Author's information Zhuo Chen1, Keliang Wang1,2( ), Pucheng Pei2, Yayu Zuo1, Manhui Wei1, Hengwei Wang1, Pengfei Zhang1, Nuo Shang1
School of Mechanical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
State Key Lab. of Automotive Safety and Energy, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

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Electric vehicles have been promoted worldwide due to fast-charge technology of ion batteries. However, ion batteries’ capacity and cycle life severely decay under extreme conditions, which is mostly related to electrolyte conductivity drop and side reactions. This review highlights the safety and stability of ion batteries in terms of thermal stability, non-flammability, low-temperature, and so on, outlining the disadvantages of organic liquid electrolyte, and summarizing effective solutions of polymer electrolytes, solid-state electrolytes, ionic liquid electrolytes, and aqueous electrolytes for the batteries. Moreover, the outlook on the electrolytes is put forward, which is available for research and development of the next generation batteries.

Keywords: solid state electrolyte, aqueous electrolyte, polymer electrolyte, battery safety, ion batteries, ionic liquid electrolyte

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Received: 18 July 2022
Revised: 03 August 2022
Accepted: 05 August 2022
Published: 06 September 2022
Issue date: February 2023

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21706013) and the State Key Laboratory of Automotive Safety and Energy (No. KFY2217).

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