Affiliation:
1. State Key Laboratory of Organic‐Inorganic Composites College of Chemical Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 P. R. China
2. College of Materials Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 P. R. China
Abstract
AbstractThe poor interfacial stability and insufficient cycling performance caused by undesirable stress hinder the commercial application of silicon microparticles (µSi) as next‐generation anode materials for high‐energy‐density lithium‐ion batteries. Herein, a conceptionally novel physicochemical dual cross‐linking conductive polymeric network is designed combining high strength and high toughness by coupling the stiffness of poly(acrylic acid) and the softness of carboxyl nitrile rubber, which includes multiple H‐bonds, by introducing highly branched tannic acid as a physical cross‐linker. Such a design enables effective stress dissipation by folded molecular chains slipping and sequential cleavage of H‐bonds, thus stabilizing the electrode interface and enhancing cycle stability. As expected, the resultant electrode (µSi/PTBR) delivers an unprecedented high capacity retention of ≈97% from 2027.9 mAh g−1 at the 19th to 1968.0 mAh g−1 at the 200th cycle at 2 A g−1. Meanwhile, this unique stress dissipation strategy is also suitable for stabilizing SiOx anodes with a much lower capacity loss of ≈0.012% per cycle over 1000 cycles at 1.5 A g−1. Atomic force microscopy analysis and finite element simulations reveal the excellent stress‐distribution ability of the physicochemical dual cross‐linking conductive polymeric network. This work provides an efficient energy‐dissipation strategy toward practical high‐capacity anodes for energy‐dense batteries.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
Subject
Mechanical Engineering,Mechanics of Materials,General Materials Science
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