title: Highly Adhesive and Soluble Copolyimide Binder: Improving the Long-Term Cycle Life of Silicon Anodes in Lithium-Ion Batteries.
abstract: A highly adhesive and thermally stable copolyimide (P84) that is soluble in organic solvents is newly applied to silicon (Si) anodes for high energy density lithium-ion batteries. The Si anodes with the P84 binder deliver not only a little higher initial discharge capacity (2392 mAh g(-1)), but also fairly improved Coulombic efficiency (71.2%) compared with the Si anode using conventional polyvinylidene fluoride binder (2148 mAh g(-1) and 61.2%, respectively), even though P84 is reduced irreversibly during the first charging process. This reduction behavior of P84 was systematically confirmed by cyclic voltammetry and Fourier-transform infrared analysis in attenuated total reflection mode of the Si anodes at differently charged voltages. The Si anode with P84 also shows ultrastable long-term cycle performance of 1313 mAh g(-1) after 300 cycles at 1.2 A g(-1) and 25 °C. From the morphological analysis on the basis of scanning electron microscopy and optical images and of the electrode adhesion properties determined by surface and interfacial cutting analysis system and peel tests, it was found that the P84 binder functions well and maintains the mechanical integrity of Si anodes during hundreds of cycles. As a result, when the loading level of the Si anode is increased from 0.2 to 0.6 mg cm(-2), which is a commercially acceptable level, the Si anode could deliver 647 mAh g(-1) until the 300th cycle, which is still two times higher than the theoretical capacity of graphite at 372 mAh g(-1).
authors.affiliation: †Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Hanbat National University, 125, Dongseo-daero, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-719, Republic of Korea.|‡Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, AIIM Facility, Innovation Campus, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.
authors.forename: Jaecheol
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: †Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Hanbat National University, 125, Dongseo-daero, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-719, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Kyuman
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: †Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Hanbat National University, 125, Dongseo-daero, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-719, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jiseon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.affiliation: §Division of Advanced Materials Engineering, Kongju National University, 275, Budae-dong, Cheonan, Chungnam 331-717, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Kuk Young
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.affiliation: †Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Hanbat National University, 125, Dongseo-daero, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-719, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Myung-Hyun
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Ryou
authors.affiliation: †Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Hanbat National University, 125, Dongseo-daero, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-719, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Yong Min
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Lee
keywords: adhesion property; copolyimide; lithium-ion batteries; peel test; polymeric binder; polyvinylidene fluoride; silicon; surface and interfacial cutting analysis system