Self-Healing Polymer Electrolytes for Next-Generation Lithium Batteries
The integration of polymer materials with self-healing features into advanced lithium batteries is a promising and attractive approach to mitigate degradation and, thus, improve the performance and reliability of batteries. Polymeric materials with an ability to autonomously repair themselves after...
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| author | Anja Marinow Zviadi Katcharava Wolfgang H. Binder |
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| description | The integration of polymer materials with self-healing features into advanced lithium batteries is a promising and attractive approach to mitigate degradation and, thus, improve the performance and reliability of batteries. Polymeric materials with an ability to autonomously repair themselves after damage may compensate for the mechanical rupture of an electrolyte, prevent the cracking and pulverization of electrodes or stabilize a solid electrolyte interface (SEI), thus prolonging the cycling lifetime of a battery while simultaneously tackling financial and safety issues. This paper comprehensively reviews various categories of self-healing polymer materials for application as electrolytes and adaptive coatings for electrodes in lithium-ion (LIBs) and lithium metal batteries (LMBs). We discuss the opportunities and current challenges in the development of self-healable polymeric materials for lithium batteries in terms of their synthesis, characterization and underlying self-healing mechanism, as well as performance, validation and optimization. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-265950cf79834425ad6b49e16e2601dd2023-11-17T08:26:46ZengMDPI AGPolymers2073-43602023-02-01155114510.3390/polym15051145Self-Healing Polymer Electrolytes for Next-Generation Lithium BatteriesAnja Marinow0Zviadi Katcharava1Wolfgang H. Binder2Macromolecular Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Science II, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Von-Danckelmann-Platz 4, 06120 Halle (Saale), GermanyMacromolecular Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Science II, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Von-Danckelmann-Platz 4, 06120 Halle (Saale), GermanyMacromolecular Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Science II, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Von-Danckelmann-Platz 4, 06120 Halle (Saale), GermanyThe integration of polymer materials with self-healing features into advanced lithium batteries is a promising and attractive approach to mitigate degradation and, thus, improve the performance and reliability of batteries. Polymeric materials with an ability to autonomously repair themselves after damage may compensate for the mechanical rupture of an electrolyte, prevent the cracking and pulverization of electrodes or stabilize a solid electrolyte interface (SEI), thus prolonging the cycling lifetime of a battery while simultaneously tackling financial and safety issues. This paper comprehensively reviews various categories of self-healing polymer materials for application as electrolytes and adaptive coatings for electrodes in lithium-ion (LIBs) and lithium metal batteries (LMBs). We discuss the opportunities and current challenges in the development of self-healable polymeric materials for lithium batteries in terms of their synthesis, characterization and underlying self-healing mechanism, as well as performance, validation and optimization.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/15/5/1145self-healingelectrolytepolymerlithium batteryhydrogen bondingdynamic covalent bonds |
| spellingShingle | Anja Marinow Zviadi Katcharava Wolfgang H. Binder Self-Healing Polymer Electrolytes for Next-Generation Lithium Batteries Polymers self-healing electrolyte polymer lithium battery hydrogen bonding dynamic covalent bonds |
| title | Self-Healing Polymer Electrolytes for Next-Generation Lithium Batteries |
| title_full | Self-Healing Polymer Electrolytes for Next-Generation Lithium Batteries |
| title_fullStr | Self-Healing Polymer Electrolytes for Next-Generation Lithium Batteries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Self-Healing Polymer Electrolytes for Next-Generation Lithium Batteries |
| title_short | Self-Healing Polymer Electrolytes for Next-Generation Lithium Batteries |
| title_sort | self healing polymer electrolytes for next generation lithium batteries |
| topic | self-healing electrolyte polymer lithium battery hydrogen bonding dynamic covalent bonds |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/15/5/1145 |
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