Citation: Renfei Cao, Kai Chen, Yangfeng Cui, Jianwei Liu, Wanqiang Liu, Gang Huang, Xinbo Zhang. Gel electrolyte via in situ polymerization to promote durable lithium-air batteries[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2023, 34(12): 108711. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2023.108711 shu

Gel electrolyte via in situ polymerization to promote durable lithium-air batteries

Renfei Cao ^{a, 1} ,
Kai Chen ^{b, 1} ,
Yangfeng Cui ^a ,
Jianwei Liu ^b ,
Wanqiang Liu ^{a, *,} ,
Gang Huang ^{b, *,} ,
Xinbo Zhang ^{b, *,}

a.
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun 130022, China
b.
State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource Utilization, Changchun Institution of Applied Chemistry, Chinese of Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China

wqliu1979@126.com

ghuang@ciac.ac.cn

xbzhang@ciac.ac.cn

Received Date: 17 May 2023
Revised Date: 9 June 2023
Accepted Date: 19 June 2023
Available Online: 25 June 2023

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Aprotic lithium-air batteries (LABs) have been known as the holy grail of energy storage systems due to their extremely high energy density. However, their real-world application is still hindered by the great challenges from the Li anode side, like dendrite growth and corrosion reactions, thus a pure oxygen atmosphere is usually adopted to prolong the lifetime of LABs, which is a major obstacle to fully liberate the energy density advantages of LABs. Here, a gel polymer electrolyte has been designed through in-situ polymerization of 1,3-dioxolane (DOL) by utilizing the unique semi-open nature of LABs to protect the Li anode to conquer its shortcomings, enabling the high-performance running of LABs in the ambient air. Unlike common liquid electrolytes, the in-situ formed gel polymer electrolyte could facilitate constructing a gradient SEI film with the gradual decrease of organic components from top to bottom, preventing the Li anode from dendrite growth and air-induced corrosion reactions and thus realizing durable Li repeated plating/stripping (2000 h). Benefiting from the anode protection effects of the gradient SEI film, the LABs display a long lifetime of 170 cycles, paving an avenue for practical, long-term, and high-efficiency operation of LABs.
- In situ polymerization,
- Gel electrolyte,
- Gradient sei film,
- Lithium anode,
- Lithium-air batteries
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