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Polydopamine coated poly(m-phenylene isophthalamid) membrane as heat-tolerant separator for lithium-ion batteries

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Poly(m-phenylene isophthalamide) (PMIA) membranes are promising heat-tolerant separator candidates of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), while their wettability toward carbonate electrolyte and corresponding batteries performance are not desirable. Herein, PMIA membranes coated with ultrathin mussel-inspired polydopamine (PDA) layer were fabricated as separators in LIBs. The introduced amino, quinonyl, and catechol groups in PDA coating could enhance the wettability of the resultant PMIA-PDA separator toward electrolyte. The PMIA-PDA separator had excellent thermal stability, showing a thermal shrinkage of 5.2% at 200 °C. The contact angle of the thermal-treated PMIA-PDA separator could maintain at 26.1°, which decreased by 42.7% compared with the pristine PMIA separator. The PMIA-PDA separator also displayed a high ionic conductivity (0.86 mS cm−1) and a low interfacial electric resistance (62.4 Ω). Consequently, the assembled LiCoO2/PMIA-PDA/Li battery achieved good cyclic stability with the capacity retention of 84.3% (121.1 mAh g−1) after 100 cycles under 30 °C. More significantly, the relevant capacity retention remained at 89.0% (127.5 mAh g−1) under 60 °C, which implied a great potential of PMIA-PDA membranes as separators of high-safety LIBs.

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  1. Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China

    Fusheng Pan, Lina Qiao, Jianjie Wang, Zan Chen & Zhongyi Jiang

  2. Joint School of National University of Singapore and Tianjin University, International Campus of Tianjin University, Binhai New City, Fuzhou, 350207, People’s Republic of China

    Fusheng Pan, Lina Qiao, Jianjie Wang & Zhongyi Jiang

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    Lina Qiao, Biao Yuan, Cuijia Duan, Jianjie Wang, Wei Wu & Zan Chen

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    Quanfan Lin & Yake Shi

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Pan, F., Qiao, L., Yuan, B. et al. Polydopamine coated poly(m-phenylene isophthalamid) membrane as heat-tolerant separator for lithium-ion batteries. Ionics 26, 5471–5480 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-020-03699-y

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