Scalable and Ultrathin Dual Entangled Network Polymer Electrolytes for Safe Solid‐State Sodium Batteries
Identifying ultrathin and flexible solid-state electrolytes with high ionic conductivity and low interfacial resistance is crucial for scale-up production of solid-state sodium (Na) metal batteries (SSMBs). However, the challenges of poor processing scalability, insufficient intrinsic mechanical strength, and limited ionic transport capacity remain unaddressed. Herein, an ultrathin 9.7 µm solid-state electrolyte membrane featuring a dual-polymer entangled network is meticulously engineered through an arrayed multi-nozzle electrospinning technique with a swelling and hot pressing process using polyacrylonitrile and poly(ether-block-amide), which exhibits an exceptional voltage tolerance, enhanced tensile strength, and superior thermal stability. The soft ether oxygens segments in multiblock copolymers complex with Na<sup>+</sup> to promote the rapid hopping transport of Na<sup>+</sup>. Meanwhile, interconnected electronegative channels based on carbonyl and cyanogen groups serve as Na<sup>+</sup> conduits to smooth ion fluctuations and accelerate Na<sup>+</sup> selective conduction simultaneously. The obtained inorganic-organic composite solid electrolyte interface with the improved mechanical strength of ultrathin solid-state electrolytes effectively suppresses Na dendrites with low overpotential over 500 h. The solid-state cells paired with layered oxides deliver a capacity retention of over 91.1% between 25 °C and 65 °C, and assembled pouch cells exhibit impressive energy density over 100 cycles, showing great potential for large-scale application of ultrathin structure in the SSMBs.
Authors
- Shufeng Jia
- Tingzhou Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4769-2609)
- Jiabing Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2713-1049)
- Xinrui Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4079-6475)
- Congcong Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1749-1075)
- Hongzhou Dong
- Zhongwei Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3463-5509)
- Zhenjia Shi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5294-5298)
- Yongguang Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2511-543X)
- Zhifeng Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3880-1957)
Institutions
- University of Waterloo (CA)
- Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (CN)
- Hebei University of Technology (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis
Publication Details
- Journal
- Angewandte Chemie International Edition
- Published
- 2025-04-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202505938
- Citations
- 15
- Primary Topic
- Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 10.96