Elucidating the Li-Ion Battery Performance Benefits Enabled by Multifunctional Separators

Hanshuo Liu, Anjan Banerjee, Baruch Ziv, Kristopher J. Harris, Nicholas P.W. Pieczonka, Shalom Luski, Gianluigi A. Botton, Gillian R. Goward, Doron Aurbach, Ion C. Halalay

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Abstract

The dissolution of transition metal ions from positive electrodes and loss of (both electroactive and transport) Li+ ions seriously impair the durability of lithium ion batteries. We show herein that the improvement in the cycle life of lithium manganate spinel-graphite cells effected by multifunctional separators results from smaller interfacial resistances at both positive and negative electrodes, that can in turn be traced back to thinner, more uniform, and chemically different surface films, due to lessened parasitic reactions and a decreased accumulation of parasitic reaction products at electrode surfaces, as evidenced by HR-SEM, FIB-SEM, EDX, 19F MAS NMR, and ICP-OES data.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1878-1882
Number of pages5
JournalACS Applied Energy Materials
Volume1
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 29 May 2018

Bibliographical note

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© 2018 American Chemical Society.

Funding

Partial support for this work was obtained from the Israel Science Foundation in the framework of the INREP project and from the National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Grant CRDPJ494074-16.

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National Science and Engineering Research Council of CanadaCRDPJ494074-16
Israel Science Foundation

    Keywords

    • FIB-SEM
    • Li-ion batteries
    • LiMnO
    • Mn dissolution
    • SEI
    • functional separator
    • graphite
    • ion-exchange resin

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