Affiliation:
1. Hubei Digital Textile Equipment Key Laboratory, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan 430073, China
2. School of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, Xi’an Polytechnic University, Xi’an 710048, China
Abstract
The diaphragm is a key component of the lithium-ion battery and largely determines its performance. Currently, commercial diaphragms suffer from poor thermal stability, low porosity, and low liquid absorption rate. In this study, we prepared a polyurethane/polyacrylonitrile (PU/PAN) lithium-ion battery diaphragm using a centrifugal spinning method with PU as the main substrate and PAN as the additive. The results showed that the PU/PAN nanofiber diaphragm prepared by centrifugal spinning had a 3D porous structure, and when using 18% PU:PAN = 7:3, the porosity of the fiber diaphragm was 83.9%, the liquid absorption rate was 493%, and the ionic conductivity was 1.79 mS/cm. The battery system had good electrochemical performance and thermal stability, with an electrochemical stability window of 5.2 V. The diaphragm did not shrink when heated at 160 °C. In a lithium-ion battery system with lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) as the cathode material, the capacity remained at 147.1 mAh/g after 50 cycles at a 0.2 C rate, with a capacity retention rate of 95.8%. This indicated excellent cycle stability and a multiplicative performance with good application potential.
Funder
scientific research plan of the national high-end textile equipment research base
National Science Foundation of China of China
Subject
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes,Computer Science Applications,Process Chemistry and Technology,General Engineering,Instrumentation,General Materials Science
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