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A Nacre‐Inspired Separator Coating for Impact‐Tolerant Lithium Batteries
Author(s) -
Song YongHui,
Wu KaiJin,
Zhang TianWen,
Lu LeiLei,
Guan Yong,
Zhou Fei,
Wang XiuXia,
Yin YiChen,
Tan YiHong,
Li Feng,
Tian Te,
Ni Yong,
Yao HongBin,
Yu ShuHong
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201905711
Subject(s) - materials science , polyolefin , separator (oil production) , coating , ceramic , composite material , nanoparticle , microporous material , nanotechnology , layer (electronics) , physics , thermodynamics
The commercial ceramic nanoparticle coated microporous polyolefin separators used in lithium batteries are still vulnerable under external impact, which may cause short circuits and consequently severe safety threats, because the protective ceramic nanoparticle coating layers on the separators are intrinsically brittle. Here, a nacre‐inspired coating on the separator to improve the impact tolerance of lithium batteries is reported. Instead of a random structured ceramic nanoparticle layer, ion‐conductive porous multilayers consisting of highly oriented aragonite platelets are coated on the separator. The nacre‐inspired coating can sustain external impact by turning the violent localized stress into lower and more uniform stress due to the platelet sliding. A lithium‐metal pouch cell using the aragonite platelet coated separator exhibits good cycling stability under external shock, which is in sharp contrast to the fast short circuit of a lithium‐metal pouch cell using a commercial ceramic nanoparticle coated separator.