2026-05-21 中国科学院（CAS）
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- https://english.cas.cn/newsroom/research-news/202605/t20260521_1159706.shtml
- https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.6c02800
Polymer-Modulated Solvation Chemistry via Compatibilizing-Solvent Plasticization for Stable High-Energy Lithium Metal Batteries
Ruogu Xu,Yujie WangShengjun XuJiawei ShiYuxuan FengYukun YanZhuangnan LiChunyang WangYun TianShuo BaiHui-Ming ChengZhenhua Sunand Feng Li
Journal of the American Chemical Society Published: May 19, 2026
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6c02800
Abstract
Poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF)-based polymer electrolytes plasticized with residual solvent are promising for high-energy and high-safety lithium metal batteries. However, their practical realization is constrained by the reliance on miscible yet electrochemically unstable plasticizers (such as N,N-dimethylformamide), which compromise both lithium reversibility and high-voltage compatibility. Guided by a descriptor-informed screening, we identify several electrochemically favorable plasticizers, but their thermodynamic immiscibility with polymers precludes homogeneous plasticization. Here, we propose a compatibilizing-solvent-enabled plasticization strategy that leverages a transient solvent to lower the effective Flory–Huggins interaction parameter, thereby enabling the homogeneous plasticization of poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) with immiscible plasticizers. Using sulfolane as a representative plasticizer, the resulting polymer–sulfolane (Fδ−–Hδ+) interactions suppress sulfolane migration and modulate an anion-aggregate solvation structure, leading to anion-derived fluorine-rich solid–electrolyte interphases. Consequently, the polymer electrolyte delivers an average lithium plating/stripping Coulombic efficiency of 99.1% over 1400 cycles, supports stable cycling of 4.7 V Ni-rich cathodes at 20C (7.1 mA cm–2), and achieves an energy density of 451.5 Wh kg–1 in Ah-scale pouch cells. More broadly, this work establishes a general route for expanding the plasticizer design space of PVDF-based polymer electrolytes, offering a promising direction toward practical lithium metal batteries.
