Electrospinning Equipment: Polymer-less Electrospinning of Silica Nanofiber Membranes for High Safety Lithium Ion Battery Separators 2025-03-25
This paper first reports the synthesis of a fully silica membrane by polymer - free electrospinning with an electrospinning machine. Eliminating the carrier polymer simplifies the process. The separator shows high temperature resistance, with 89% porosity, 3.59 mS/cm ionic conductivity, and 1566% electrolyte uptake. In a lithium - ion battery half - cell with an LFP cathode, at 1C, the PSN separator has a 90 mAh/g specific capacity, 28% higher than PP. The preparation is simple, cost - effective, and scalable. This membrane is a promising separator for high - safety LIBs and helps realize all - electrospun batteries.