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Vol. 15 (2023)

All-Solid-State Thin-Film Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-023-01064-y
Renming Deng
College of Physics and Information Engineering, Institute of Micro‑Nano Devices and Solar Cells, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, People’s Republic of China
Bingyuan Ke
College of Physics and Information Engineering, Institute of Micro‑Nano Devices and Solar Cells, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, People’s Republic of China
Yonghui Xie
College of Physics and Information Engineering, Institute of Micro‑Nano Devices and Solar Cells, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, People’s Republic of China
Shoulin Cheng
College of Physics and Information Engineering, Institute of Micro‑Nano Devices and Solar Cells, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, People’s Republic of China
Congcong Zhang
College of Physics and Information Engineering, Institute of Micro‑Nano Devices and Solar Cells, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, People’s Republic of China
Hong Zhang
College of Physics and Information Engineering, Institute of Micro‑Nano Devices and Solar Cells, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, People’s Republic of China
Bingan Lu
School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, People’s Republic of China
Xinghui Wang
College of Physics and Information Engineering, Institute of Micro‑Nano Devices and Solar Cells, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, People’s Republic of China

Corresponding Author: Xinghui Wang

seaphy23@fzu.edu.cn

Nano-Micro Letters, Vol. 15 (2023), Article Number: 73

Abstract

Lithium-sulfur (Li–S) system coupled with thin-film solid electrolyte as a novel high-energy micro-battery has enormous potential for complementing embedded energy harvesters to enable the autonomy of the Internet of Things microdevice. However, the volatility in high vacuum and intrinsic sluggish kinetics of S hinder researchers from empirically integrating it into all-solid-state thin-film batteries, leading to inexperience in fabricating all-solid-state thin-film Li–S batteries (TFLSBs). Herein, for the first time, TFLSBs have been successfully constructed by stacking vertical graphene nanosheets-Li2S (VGs-Li2S) composite thin-film cathode, lithium-phosphorous-oxynitride (LiPON) thin-film solid electrolyte, and Li metal anode. Fundamentally eliminating Li-polysulfide shuttle effect and maintaining a stable VGs-Li2S/LiPON interface upon prolonged cycles have been well identified by employing the solid-state Li–S system with an “unlimited Li” reservoir, which exhibits excellent long-term cycling stability with a capacity retention of 81% for 3,000 cycles, and an exceptional high temperature tolerance up to 60 °C. More impressively, VGs-Li2S-based TFLSBs with evaporated-Li thin-film anode also demonstrate outstanding cycling performance over 500 cycles with a high Coulombic efficiency of 99.71%. Collectively, this study presents a new development strategy for secure and high-performance rechargeable all-solid-state thin-film batteries.


Highlights:


1 The all-solid-state thin-film Li-S battery has been successfully developed by stacking VGs-Li2S cathode, lithium-phosphorous-oxynitride (LiPON) solid electrolyte, and Li anode.
2 The obtained VGs-Li2S thin-film cathode exhibits excellent long-term cycling stability (more than 3,000 cycles), and an exceptional high temperature tolerance (up to 60 °C).
3 The superb electrochemical performance can be attributed to the favorable compatibility and outstanding interfacial stability between VGs-Li2S thin film and LiPON.

Keywords

All-solid-state thin-film batteries Li-S batteries Vertical graphene nanosheets Lithium phosphorous oxynitride Li2S
Deng, Renming, Bingyuan Ke, Yonghui Xie, Shoulin Cheng, Congcong Zhang, Hong Zhang, Bingan Lu, and Xinghui Wang. 2023. “All-Solid-State Thin-Film Lithium-Sulfur Batteries”. Nano-Micro Letters 15 (March):73. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-023-01064-y.
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