2-ethylhexylamine additive boosts the transport properties of PVA-based polymer electrolyte for quasi-solid-state magnesium batteries
摘要
Magnesium-sulfur (Mg-S) batteries offer excellent energy density, safety, and a cost-effective energy storage system. Realizing Mg-S batteries requires bypassing significant challenges like electrolyte compatibility with electrophilic sulfur and Mg metal and polysulfide shuttling. The present work probes the role of 2-ethylhexylamine (EHA) in modifying the physiochemical properties of solid polymer electrolytes (SPEs) based on polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), silicon dioxide (SiO2), and magnesium triflate (MgTIF). The introduction of EHA increases the conductivity to approximately 10−7 S/cm at room temperature, reduces the magnesium stripping/plating overpotential, and improves the interfacial electrode/electrolyte kinetics; further, the optimum concentration (y = 3000 μl) of PVST_yEHA shows a high ionic transference number