Journal
NANO LETTERS
Volume 21, Issue 16, Pages 7070-7078Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c01704
Keywords
Solid-state electrolyte; mechanical robustness; 3D conducting nanofibers; flexible membrane; polymer composite
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- Fundamental Research Funds of Zhejiang Sci-Tech University [2020Y001]
- Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China [LY21E030023]
- Fundamental Research Funds of Shaoxing Keqiao Research Institute of Zhejiang Sci-Tech University [KYY2021006Y]
- University of Delaware
- Suzhou Shi Yuanfan Dianqi Co., LTD [17010291-J]
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The study introduced a novel 3D ion-conducting network by utilizing LLZO nanoparticles reinforced conducting polymer nanofibers, creating a lightweight continuous and interconnected LLZO-enhanced 3D network that outperforms traditional heavy and brittle ceramic nanofibers.
Using a three-dimensional (3D) Li-ion conducting ceramic network, such as Li7La3Zr2O12 (LLZO) garnet-type oxide conductor, has proved to be a promising strategy to form continuous Li ion transfer paths in a polymer-based composite. However, the 3D network produced by brittle ceramic conductor nanofibers fails to provide sufficient mechanical adaptability. In this manuscript, we reported a new 3D ion-conducting network, which is synthesized from highly loaded LLZO nanoparticles reinforced conducting polymer nanofibers, by creating a lightweight continuous and interconnected LLZO-enhanced 3D network to outperform conducting heavy and brittle ceramic nanofibers to offer a new design principle of composite electrolyte membrane featuring all-round properties in mechanical robustness, structural flexibility, high ionic conductivity, lightweight, and high surface area. This composite-nanofiber design overcomes the issues of using ceramic-only nanoparticles, nanowires, or nanofibers in polymer composite electrolyte, and our work can be considered as a new generation of composite electrolyte membrane in composite electrolyte development.
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