PEG增塑木质素基固态电解质实现高电导率与宽电化学窗口

    PEG-plasticized Lignin-based Solid Electrolyte Achieves High Conductivity and Wide Electrochemical Window

    • 摘要: 高安全、高能量密度的储能技术在“双碳”战略深入推进下成为支撑可再生能源并网的关键。钠金属负极兼具资源丰富、成本低廉及理论比容量高等优势,固态电解质则具有不可燃、无泄漏的高安全性。二者结合的钠金属固态电池同时实现高容量与高安全性。然而,固态电解质的离子电导率、机械强度及界面兼容性仍是核心瓶颈。本文以碱木质素为基体,采用物理共混(LEPM)与化学接枝(L-EGPM)两种方式引入聚乙二醇(Polyethylene Glycol,PEG),并与聚偏氟乙烯(Polyvinylidene Fluoride,PVDF)、双氟磺酰亚胺钠(Sodium Bis (fluorosulfonyl) imide, NaFSI)及MgF2复合,系统对比两种复合固态电解质的结构与性能。LEPM为无定形结构,膜层均匀致密、组分分子级分散, L-EGPM因化学接枝形成晶相,表面存在裂纹。LEPM的室温离子电导率高达9.60×10−4 S·cm−1、电化学窗口达5.31 V,显著优于L-EGPM(8.16×10−4 S·cm−1,4.4 V)。钠钠对称电池循环测试中,LEPM可实现500圈循环,但因机械强度不足最终短路;而L-EGPM虽仅稳定运行300圈,但极化波动微小。在全电池中,LEPM初始容量更高、活化更快,在30圈可达峰值容量,且倍率响应灵敏,在0.05 C下稳定循环100圈以上,展现出优异的低倍率性能与柔性应用潜力。物理共混增塑策略使LEPM兼具高离子电导率、宽电化学窗口及优异成膜性,适用于柔性或低倍率场景。本研究为低成本、高性能生物质基固态电解质的应用导向设计提供了新思路。

       

      Abstract: High-security and high-energy-density energy storage technologies have become crucial for supporting the integration of renewable energy under the deep implementation of the "dual carbon" strategy. Sodium metal anode, with its advantages of abundant resources, low cost, and high theoretical specific capacity, and solid-state electrolytes, which are non-flammable and leak-free, combine to form sodium metal solid-state batteries that achieve both high capacity and high safety. However, the ionic conductivity, mechanical strength, and interface compatibility of solid-state electrolytes remain core bottlenecks. This study uses alkali lignin as the matrix and introduces polyethylene glycol (PEG) through physical blending (LEPM) and chemical grafting (L-EGPM) methods, and composites with polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) , sodium difluorosulfonate (NaFSI) , and MgF2. It systematically compares the structures and properties of the two composite solid-state electrolytes. LEPM has an amorphous structure, with a uniform and dense membrane layer and molecular-level dispersion of components, while L-EGPM forms a crystalline phase due to chemical grafting and has cracks on the surface. The room-temperature ionic conductivity of LEPM is as high as 9.60×10−4 S·cm−1 and the electrochemical window is up to 5.31 V, significantly superior to L-EGPM (8.16×10−4 S·cm−1, 4.4 V) . In sodium symmetric battery cycling tests, LEPM can achieve 500 cycles, but due to insufficient mechanical strength, it eventually short-circuits; while L-EGPM only operates stably for 300 cycles, but the polarization fluctuation is minimal. In the all-cell, LEPM has a higher initial capacity, faster activation, reaches the peak capacity in 30 cycles, and has a sensitive rate response, and can stably cycle more than 100 times at 0.05C, demonstrating excellent low-rate performance and flexible application potential. The physical blending plasticization strategy enables LEPM to have high ionic conductivity, wide electrochemical window, and excellent film-forming properties, suitable for flexible or low-rate scenarios. This research provides a new idea for the application-oriented design of low-cost, high-performance biomass-based solid-state electrolytes.

       

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