Amphipathic Binder Integrating Ultrathin and Highly Ion‐Conductive Sulfide Membrane for Cell‐Level High‐Energy‐Density All‐Solid‐State Batteries
Daxian Cao, Qiang Li, Xiao Sun, Ying Wang, Xianhui Zhao, Ercan Cakmak, Wentao Liang, Alexander Anderson, Soydan Ozcan, Hongli Zhu
Abstract
Abstract Current sulfide solid‐state electrolyte (SE) membranes utilized in all‐solid‐state lithium batteries (ASLBs) have a high thickness (0.5–1.0 mm) and low ion conductance (<25 mS), which limit the cell‐level energy and power densities. Based on ethyl cellulose's unique amphipathic molecular structure, superior thermal stability, and excellent binding capability, this work fabricates a freestanding SE membrane with an ultralow thickness of 47 µm. With ethyl cellulose as an effective disperser and a binder, the Li 6 PS 5 Cl is uniformly dispersed in toluene and possesses superior film formability. In addition, an ultralow areal resistance of 4.32 Ω cm −2 and a remarkable ion conductance of 291 mS (one order higher than the state‐of‐the‐art sulfide SE membrane) are achieved. The ASLBs assembled with this SE membrane deliver cell‐level high gravimetric and volumetric energy densities of 175 Wh kg −1 and 675 Wh L −1 , individually.