Separator grafted with siloxane by electron beam irradiation for lithium secondary batteries

  • Jun Young Lee
  • , Yong Min Lee
  • , Bhaskar Bhattacharya
  • , Young Chang Nho
  • , Jung Ki Park

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Abstract

Polyethylene (PE) separator grafted with 2,4,6,8-tetramethyl-2,4,6,8-tetravinylcyclotetrasiloxane (siloxane) was newly prepared by electron beam irradiation. The degree of grafting and morphology of the grafted separators were characterized by FT-IR and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The polymer electrolytes based on the grafted separators were prepared by immersing the separators in the electrolyte containing 1 M LiPF6 in EC/DMC (1:1 by volume). The ionic conductivity of the grafted separators was changed with the degree of grafting and showed the highest value of 7 × 10-4 S cm-1 at the degree of grafting of 6%. The electrochemical stability limit of the grafted separator with the degree of grafting of 6% was increased to 5.2 V. The Li ion cell using the grafted separator also showed an improved performance, suggesting that the grafted separator is a good candidate for the separator of lithium batteries at high voltage operation. Crown

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4312-4315
Number of pages4
JournalElectrochimica Acta
Volume54
Issue number18
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Jul 2009

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was performed with the financial support of the Nuclear R&D Program and the Brain Korea project under the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Republic of Korea. And it was supported by a grant from by the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF) grant (WCU program, 31-2008-000-10055-0) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST), Republic of Korea.

Keywords

  • Electron beam irradiation
  • Grafted separator
  • High voltage
  • Lithium secondary battery
  • Siloxane

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