Flame‐Retardant Quasi‐Solid‐State Electrolytes From Self‐Assembled Azolate Hybrid Frameworks for Highly Safe Lithium Batteries

ABSTRACT Achieving quasi‐solid‐state electrolytes (QSSEs) that simultaneously deliver fast ion transport and intrinsic thermal safety remains a central challenge for lithium batteries, as improvements in ionic conductivity are often coupled with increased flammability and interfacial instability. Here, we present a spray‐assisted in situ assembly strategy to construct azolate hybrid frameworks (AHFs) directly on glass fiber substrates, followed by thermal polymerization to yield a chemically integrated QSSE. The heterocyclic AHF provides ordered lithium‐philic coordination sites and continuous ion‐transport pathways, enabling efficient Li + migration while maintaining high thermal robustness. As a result, the resulting LiFePO 4 |FP10v‐GF|Li cell sustains stable cycling for over 500 cycles at 25°C and 100 cycles at 60°C. Notably, the framework architecture enables molecular level confinement of triethyl phosphate (TEP) as a flame‐retardant component, establishing a nitrogen phosphorus synergistic flame‐retardant mechanism without compromising electrochemical compatibility. Consequently, high‐loading Li||LiFePO 4 cells exhibit stable cycling under practical conditions (E/C = 0.56 g Ah −1 , N/p = 3.27) and successfully withstand accelerated rate calorimetry tests from 25°C to 300°C without thermal runaway. This work demonstrates how framework chemistry and molecular confinement can be synergistically integrated to decouple ionic conductivity from flammability, providing a general design principle for intrinsically safe, high‐energy quasi‐solid‐state lithium batteries.

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Angewandte Chemie International Edition
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2026-06-24
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https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.1279221
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Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
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Flame‐Retardant Quasi‐Solid‐State Electrolytes From Self‐Assembled Azolate Hybrid Frameworks for Highly Safe Lithium Batteries

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Flame‐Retardant Quasi‐Solid‐State Electrolytes From Self‐Assembled Azolate Hybrid Frameworks for Highly Safe Lithium Batteries

Wenhuan Huang, Guoxiu Wang, Tian Xie, Peiyu Cui, S D Wang, Yuanyuan Tian, Qimin Zhu, Hong Wang, Qing Ji, Dong Zhou
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ABSTRACT Achieving quasi‐solid‐state electrolytes (QSSEs) that simultaneously deliver fast ion transport and intrinsic thermal safety remains a central challenge for lithium batteries, as improvements in ionic conductivity are often coupled with increased flammability and interfacial instability. Here, we present a spray‐assisted in situ assembly strategy to construct azolate hybrid frameworks (AHFs) directly on glass fiber substrates, followed by thermal polymerization to yield a chemically integrated QSSE. The heterocyclic AHF provides ordered lithium‐philic coordination sites and continuous ion‐transport pathways, enabling efficient Li + migration while maintaining high thermal robustness. As a result, the resulting LiFePO 4 |FP10v‐GF|Li cell sustains stable cycling for over 500 cycles at 25°C and 100 cycles at 60°C. Notably, the framework architecture enables molecular level confinement of triethyl phosphate (TEP) as a flame‐retardant component, establishing a nitrogen phosphorus synergistic flame‐retardant mechanism without compromising electrochemical compatibility. Consequently, high‐loading Li||LiFePO 4 cells exhibit stable cycling under practical conditions (E/C = 0.56 g Ah −1 , N/p = 3.27) and successfully withstand accelerated rate calorimetry tests from 25°C to 300°C without thermal runaway. This work demonstrates how framework chemistry and molecular confinement can be synergistically integrated to decouple ionic conductivity from flammability, providing a general design principle for intrinsically safe, high‐energy quasi‐solid‐state lithium batteries.

Angewandte Chemie International Edition
University of Technology Sydney (AU), Ningbo University of Technology (CN), Tsinghua–Berkeley Shenzhen Institute (CN), Shanghai Chengtou (China) (CN), Shaanxi University of Science and Technology (CN), Tsinghua University (CN)
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Openalex Percentile: Top 11%
Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
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