Liquid electrolytes are still widely used in lithium batteries, but pose a number of safety problems, such as internal short-circuiting, which can lead to fire or explosion...
The alternative is to develop safer, high-performance solid electrolytes. With this in mind, an innovative concept has been developed at the Léon Brillouin Laboratory in Saclay (CEA-Iramis): one-dimensional (1D) confinement of the electrolytic medium to improve the ionic conductivity of electrolytes.
To pursue this approach, a collaboration was initially set up with CEA-LITEN, later joined by the
SyMMES laboratory (STEP team) and the Institut de Chimie Radicalaire (AMU). This consortium has enabled us to understand the phenomena involved through a multi-technique study.
Collaborations & contacts :
Jean-Marc Zanotti, UMR LLB/MMB CEA-CNRS et Didier Lairez (LSI)
Quentin Berrod, UMR Irig/SyMMES/STEP CEA-CNRS
Raphaël Ramos, CEA-Liten
Trang N. T. Phan et Didier Gigmes, Chimie radicalaire organique et polymères de spécialité – CROPS, Institut de Chimie Radicalaire – UMR 7273, Marseille.
Benoît Coasne, LIPhy UMR CNRS-Université Grenoble Alpes.