Abstract
Gel polymer electrolyte (GPE) membranes based on two polymers, a copolymer of poly(vinylidene fluoride–hexafluoropropylene) (PVdF–HFP), and the poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO), together with a plasticizer, the dibutylphtalate (DBP), were elaborated in two ways. Firstly, the polymers and the plasticizer were mixed together to obtain a single membrane. Secondly, a bi-layer separator membrane was made by adjunction, through lamination, of a DBP plasticized PVdF–HFP film and a homemade DBP–PEO thin film. We report here a protocol based on a simple galvanostatic polarization of Li/GPE/Li symmetric cells as a way to rapidly screen new viable membranes. Such a procedure enables to quickly discriminate separators by leading experiments that do no not exceed 1 week compared to hundreds of days needed with classical batteries. The validity of such an approach was confirmed by investigating the performances of the membranes in Li/GPE/Li 4Ti 5O 12 flat battery configuration. Besides, through this study we also highlighted the role of the macroscopic PEO–PVdF interface toward dendrite of bi-layered separator, while a single blended membrane does not seem to be suitable for a practical use. Post-mortem pictures and SEM investigation have confirmed this result.
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