Study on structure and electrical properties of PVDF/Li3/8Sr7/16Zr1/4Ta3/4O3 composite solid polymer electrolytes for quasi-solid-state Li battery

Flexible composite solid polymer electrolytes (CSPEs) with good interfacial contact with electrodes and high stability against Li are promising candidate materials for quasi-solid-state Li battery. Herein, perovskite Li-3/Sr-8(7)/ (16Z)r(1/4)Ta(3)/O-4(3) (LSZT) with high conductivity (> 10(-4) S center dot cm(- 1)) and Li+ transference number (~1) as the active filler was added to polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)+bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (LiTFSI) polymer matrix to improve its performances. The X-ray diffraction pattern and Fourier transform infrared measurements showed that the structure of CSPEs comprised alpha, beta, and gamma mixed phases. The CSPE containing 10% LSZT powder (CSPE10%) exhibited a high conductivity of 6.26 x 10-5 S center dot cm(- 1) at 20?C, thermal stability up to 353?C, electrochemical stability up to 4.61 V, and Li+ transference number of 0.54. The galvanostatic charge/discharge measurements using Li/CSPE-10%/Li cell showed that CSPE exhibited steady cycling at 0.05 mA center dot cm(- 2) for more than 300 h. LiFePO4/Li battery with CSPE-10% displays a high specific discharge capacity of 133.6 mAh center dot g- 1 with 0.2 C rate at 25?C, along with good stable performance over 300 cycles.

Automated summary

Flexible composite solid polymer electrolytes (CSPEs) are promising candidate materials for quasi-solid-state Li batteries. In this study, perovskite LSZT with high conductivity and Li+ transference number was added to a polymer matrix to improve its performances. The CSPE containing 10% LSZT powder exhibited high conductivity, thermal stability, electrochemical stability, and Li+ transference number, and showed steady cycling performance.