Self-Healing Polymer Electrolytes for Next-Generation Lithium Batteries.

Content Provider	Europe PMC
Author	Marinow, Anja Katcharava, Zviadi Binder, Wolfgang H.
Editor	Thangarasu, Sadhasivam
Copyright Year	2023
Abstract	The integration of polymer materials with self-healing features into advanced lithium batteries is a promising and attractive approach to mitigate degradation and, thus, improve the performance and reliability of batteries. Polymeric materials with an ability to autonomously repair themselves after damage may compensate for the mechanical rupture of an electrolyte, prevent the cracking and pulverization of electrodes or stabilize a solid electrolyte interface (SEI), thus prolonging the cycling lifetime of a battery while simultaneously tackling financial and safety issues. This paper comprehensively reviews various categories of self-healing polymer materials for application as electrolytes and adaptive coatings for electrodes in lithium-ion (LIBs) and lithium metal batteries (LMBs). We discuss the opportunities and current challenges in the development of self-healable polymeric materials for lithium batteries in terms of their synthesis, characterization and underlying self-healing mechanism, as well as performance, validation and optimization.
Journal	Polymers
Volume Number	15
PubMed Central reference number	PMC10007462
Issue Number	5
PubMed reference number	36904385
e-ISSN	20734360
DOI	10.3390/polym15051145
Language	English
Publisher	MDPI
Publisher Date	2023-02-24
Access Restriction	Open
Rights License	Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). © 2023 by the authors.
Subject Keyword	self-healing electrolyte polymer lithium battery hydrogen bonding dynamic covalent bonds
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Chemistry Polymers and Plastics