Copper-coordinated cellulose ion conductors for solid-state batteries

Author(s)

C. Yang, Q. Wu, W. Xie, X. Zhang, A. Brozena, J. Zheng, M.N. Garaga, B.H. Ko, Y. Mao, S. He, Y. Gao, P. Wang, M. Tyagi, F. Jiao, R. Briber, P. Albertus, C. Wang, S. Greenbaum, Y-Y. Hu, A. Isogai, M. Winter, K. Xu, Y. Qi & L. Hu

Sources

Nature | Vol 598 | 28 October 2021 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03885-6

The authors report a general strategy for achieving high-performance solid polymer ion conductors by engineering molecular channels. These molecular channels are provided throughout the coordination of Cu2+ ions with one-dimensional cellulose nanofibrils, which enables the rapid transport of Li+ ions along the polysaccharide chains. This one-dimensional conductor allows ion percolation in thick LiFePO4 solid-state cathodes to be used in batteries with a high energy density. The success of this design strategy creates a class of polymer ion conductors that enable fast conduction by various cations (for example, Na+) with high room-temperature ionic conductivities that have so far been challenging for traditional polymer electrolytes.
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