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An in-situ polymerized interphase engineering for high-voltage all-solid-state lithium-metal batteries

Show Author's Information Lu Nie1,§,  Shaojie Chen1,§,  Mengtian Zhang2,  Tianyi Gao1,  Yuyao Zhang1,  Ran Wei1,  Yining Zhang1,  Wei Liu1( )
School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute & Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China

§ Lu Nie and Shaojie Chen contributed equally to this work.

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electric field, electrochemical stability, all-solid-state lithium batteries, interface contact
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Nie L, Chen S, Zhang M, et al. An in-situ polymerized interphase engineering for high-voltage all-solid-state lithium-metal batteries. Nano Research, 2024, 17(4): 2687-2692. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-023-6096-x
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All-solid-state lithium batteries (ASSLBs) have attracted great interest due to their promising energy density and strong safety. However, the interface issues, including large interfacial resistance between electrode and electrolyte and low electrochemical stability of solid-state electrolytes against high-voltage cathodes, have restricted the development of high-voltage ASSLBs. Herein, we report an ASSLB with stable cycling by adopting a conformal polymer interlayer in-situ formed at the Li6.4La3Zr1.4Ta0.6O12 (LLZTO)–cathode interfaces. The polymer can perfectly fill the voids and create a stable interface contact between LLZTO and cathodes. In addition, the electric field across the polymer interlayer is reduced compared with pure solid polymer electrolyte (SPE), which facilitates the electrochemical stability with high-voltage cathode. The all-solid-state Li|LLZTO-SPE|LiFe0.4Mn0.6PO4 (LMFP) cells achieve a low interface impedance, high specific capacity, and excellent cycling performance. This work presents an effective and practical strategy to rationally design the electrode–electrolyte interface for the application of high-voltage ASSLBs.


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An in-situ polymerized interphase engineering for high-voltage all-solid-state lithium-metal batteries

Show Author's information Lu Nie1,§, Shaojie Chen1,§, Mengtian Zhang2, Tianyi Gao1, Yuyao Zhang1, Ran Wei1, Yining Zhang1, Wei Liu1( )
School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute & Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China

§ Lu Nie and Shaojie Chen contributed equally to this work.

Abstract

All-solid-state lithium batteries (ASSLBs) have attracted great interest due to their promising energy density and strong safety. However, the interface issues, including large interfacial resistance between electrode and electrolyte and low electrochemical stability of solid-state electrolytes against high-voltage cathodes, have restricted the development of high-voltage ASSLBs. Herein, we report an ASSLB with stable cycling by adopting a conformal polymer interlayer in-situ formed at the Li6.4La3Zr1.4Ta0.6O12 (LLZTO)–cathode interfaces. The polymer can perfectly fill the voids and create a stable interface contact between LLZTO and cathodes. In addition, the electric field across the polymer interlayer is reduced compared with pure solid polymer electrolyte (SPE), which facilitates the electrochemical stability with high-voltage cathode. The all-solid-state Li|LLZTO-SPE|LiFe0.4Mn0.6PO4 (LMFP) cells achieve a low interface impedance, high specific capacity, and excellent cycling performance. This work presents an effective and practical strategy to rationally design the electrode–electrolyte interface for the application of high-voltage ASSLBs.

Keywords: electric field, electrochemical stability, all-solid-state lithium batteries, interface contact

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Received: 13 July 2023
Revised: 07 August 2023
Accepted: 14 August 2023
Published: 07 September 2023
Issue date: April 2024

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The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2019YFA0210600). We also acknowledge the Double First-Class Initiative Fund of ShanghaiTech University for support.

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