Article Dans Une Revue Chemistry of Materials Année : 2024

Ionic transport properties and additive effect of lithium polysulfides in binary conducting poly(ethylene oxide)-based copolymer electrolytes

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Despite the high impact lithium sulfur (Li-S) batteries can bring in terms of specific energy and battery lifetime, their full advantage has not yet been realized due to inherent issues associated with this technology. The intermediate polysulfide products produced in the positive electrode during discharge, dissolve and diffuse in the electrolyte leading to capacity fading and low coulombic efficiency. A promising solution to this issue is the use of a solid polymer electrolyte that combines the advantages of an ion-conducting poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) phase and a mechanically reinforced phase, such as polystyrene (PS), that can suppress the non-uniform electrodeposition of Li onto Li metal. In this work, the possibility of using PS-PEO-PS triblock copolymer as an electrolyte or binder in a Li-S battery was investigated by characterizing the thermodynamical, morphological, and ionic transport properties of lithium polysulfides species (Li 2 S x , with x = 4 and 8). Thermodynamic results showed that the long-chain lithium polysulfide (Li2S8 ) is more soluble in the copolymers compared to the short-chain polysulfide (Li 2 S 4 ).

Meanwhile, the addition of Li 2 S 4 and Li 2 S 8 in the mesostructured block copolymer influences both the phase transition (lamella or hexagonal) and the domain spacing in a similar fashion to the conventional LiTFSI salt. In terms of ionic transport, the mobility of the polysulfides (S 4 2and S 8 2-) in the copolymers is reduced compared to the TFSI -anion, and the cationic transference number remains in the range of 0.5 compared to 0.15 for LiTFSI. To move toward the application, the introduction of Li 2 S 4 into the block copolymer electrolyte is also used as an additive in the presence of LiTFSI salt resulting in a very low interfacial resistance with the Li metal electrode. The results of these investigations would guide the design of solid polymer electrolytes for application in Li-S batteries.

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hal-04925172 , version 1 (01-02-2025)

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Ernest Ahiavi, Jihen Talbi, Trang Phan, Priscillia Soudant, Fabrice Cousin, et al.. Ionic transport properties and additive effect of lithium polysulfides in binary conducting poly(ethylene oxide)-based copolymer electrolytes. Chemistry of Materials, 2024, 37 (1), pp.322-337. ⟨10.1021/acs.chemmater.4c02594⟩. ⟨hal-04925172⟩
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