Creating Vacancy Strong Interaction to Enable Homogeneous High‐Throughput Ion Transport for Efficient Solid‐State Lithium Batteries
Solid polymer electrolytes are emerging as a key component for solid-state lithium metal batteries, offering a promising combination of large-scale processability and high safety. However, challenges remain, including limited ion transport and the unstable solid electrolyte interphase, which result in unsatisfactory ionic conductivity and uncontrollable lithium dendrite growth. To address these issues, a high-throughput Li-ion transport pathway is developed by incorporating tungsten sulfide enriched with sulfur vacancies (SVs) into a poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene)-based composite polymer electrolytes (CPEs). The SVs strong interaction in the CPEs facilitates homogeneous high-throughput Li-ion transport 1.9 × 10<sup>-3</sup> S cm<sup>-1</sup> at 25 °C) by enhancing the dissociation of lithium salts and effectively creates ample interfaces with the polymer chains to reduce the formation of inner vacuities. Moreover, the SVs confine FSI<sup>-</sup> anions, while the electron-rich environment induced by sulfur atoms promotes the preferential degradation of bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide anions, ensuring uniform lithium deposition. This fosters the formation of inorganic nanocrystals on the lithium anode and effectively suppresses dendrite growth, enabling an ultra-long lifetime of over 5500 h in Li||Li symmetric cells. When paired with sulfurized polyacrylonitrile cathode, a pouch cell capacity of 0.524 Ah is achieved, demonstrating the effectiveness of a homogeneous, high-throughput Li-ions transport mechanism.
Authors
- Jinlong Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6065-7272)
- Guangmin Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3629-5686)
- Lu Nie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0996-6982)
- Gongxun Lu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3490-393X)
- Zhoujie Lao
- Yanfei Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4293-3637)
- Ya Song
- Jian Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5184-7023)
- Xiao Xiao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7795-3238)
- Yanze Song (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6914-8420)
- Haotian Qu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8378-8080)
Institutions
- Shenzhen University (CN)
- Tsinghua–Berkeley Shenzhen Institute (CN)
- Canadian Light Source (Canada) (CA)
- Tsinghua University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Advanced Materials
- Published
- 2025-03-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202419271
- Citations
- 29
- Primary Topic
- Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 21.18
Funders
- Guangdong Innovative and Entrepreneurial Research Team Program
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- National Key Research and Development Program of China
- Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Program