High‐Entropy Microdomain Interlocking Polymer Electrolytes for Advanced All‐Solid‐State Battery Chemistries
Yun Su, Xiaohui Rong, Hong Li, Xuejie Huang, Liquan Chen, Binyuan Liu, Yong‐Sheng Hu
Abstract
Abstract All‐solid‐state polymer electrolytes (ASPEs) with excellent processivity are considered one of the most forward‐looking materials for large‐scale industrialization. However, the contradiction between improving the mechanical strength and accelerating the ionic migration of ASPEs has always been difficult to reconcile. Herein, a rational concept is raised of high‐entropy microdomain interlocking ASPEs (HEMI‐ASPEs), inspired by entropic elasticity well‐known in polymer and biochemical sciences, by introducing newly designed multifunctional ABC miktoarm star terpolymers into polyethylene oxide for the first time. The tailor‐made HEMI‐ASPEs possess multifunctional polymer chains, which induce themselves to assemble into micro‐ and nanoscale dynamic interlocking networks with high topological structure entropy. HEMI‐ASPEs achieve excellent toughness, considerable ionic conductivity, an appreciable lithium transference number (0.63), and desirable thermal stability ( T d > 400 °C) for all‐solid‐state lithium metal batteries. The Li|HEMI‐ASPE‐Li|Li symmetrical cell shows a stable Li plating/stripping performance over 4000 h, and a LiFePO 4 |HEMI‐ASPE‐Li|Li full cell exhibits a high capacity retention (≈96%) after 300 cycles. This work contributes an innovative design concept introducing high‐entropy supramolecular dynamic networks for ASPEs.