Towards Solid-State 3D-Microbatteries using Functionalized Polycarbonate-based Polymer Electrolytes

• 3D-microbatteries (3D-MBs) impose new demands for theselection, fabrication and compatibility of the different battery components, notleast the electrolytes. Herein, solid polymer electrolytes (SPEs) based on poly(trimethylene carbonate) (PTMC) have been implemented in 3D-MB systems. 3D electrodes of two different architectures, LiFePO4-coated carbon foams and Cu2O-coated Cu nanopillars, have been coated with SPEs and used in Li-cells. Functionalized PTMC with hydroxyl end groups was found to enable uniform and well-covering coatings on LiFePO4-coated carbon foams, although the cell cycling performance was limited by the large SPE resistance. By employing a SPE prepared from a copolymer of TMC and caprolactone (CL), with higher ionic conductivity, Li-cells composed of Cu2O-coated Cu nanopillars were constructed and tested both at room temperature and 60 °C. The footprint areal capacity of the cells was ca. 0.02 mAh cm-2 for an area gain factor (AF) of 2.5, and 0.2 mAh cm-2 for a relatively dense nanopillar-array (AF=25) at a current density of 0.008 mA cm-2at ambient temperature (22±1 °C). These results provide new routes towards the realization of all-solid-state 3D-MBs.

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Kemi -- Oorganisk kemi (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Chemical Sciences -- Inorganic Chemistry (hsv//eng)

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Kemi -- Materialkemi (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Chemical Sciences -- Materials Chemistry (hsv//eng)

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Li-battery

3D-microbattery

polymer electrolyte

nanopillars

carbon foam

Cu2O

Cu

nanorods

Chemistry with specialization in Organic Chemistry

Kemi med inriktning mot organisk kemi

Chemistry with specialization in Materials Chemistry

Kemi med inriktning mot materialkemi

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