Surface properties enhancement of battery separator by micro-plasma treatments

Autor: Jean-Paul Rusiecki, Olivier Motret, David Violleau, Bénédicte Claude-Montigny, Eliott Rogez
Přispěvatelé: GREMAN (matériaux, microélectronique, acoustique et nanotechnologies) (GREMAN - UMR 7347), Université de Tours-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Centre Val de Loire (INSA CVL), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Physico-chimie des Matériaux et des Electrolytes pour l'Energie (PCM2E), Université de Tours, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Centre Val de Loire (INSA CVL), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Tours (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Tours (UT)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Journal of Applied Physics
Journal of Applied Physics, American Institute of Physics, 2019, 125 (21), pp.213301. ⟨10.1063/1.5094970⟩
ISSN: 0021-8979
1089-7550
Popis: International audience; The aim of this work is to test the wettability enhancement of a low-wetting and low-cost commercial polymer separator by cold microplasma treatments. Liquid and gas ammonia are tested as precursors in a pulsed microreactor at low pressure. Two modes of plasma producing are used, i.e., with and without bias. Optical emission spectroscopy, contact angle technique, and cycling tests are performed to characterize the process and the separator. Best results are obtained with liquid ammonia precursor without bias (contact angle between water and a polyethylene separator being 10° ± 2° compared to 111° ± 2° without any treatment). Cycling tests of lithium half-cells incorporating plasma-treated separator show drastic improvements to capacity retention at high rates (after 100 cycles at a 2C rate, the discharge capacity of a Li4Ti5O12 is almost three times higher, i.e., 38 mA h g−1 and 113 mA h g−1 with an untreated separator and a treated one, respectively).
Databáze: OpenAIRE