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Development of Membranes Based on Polyvinylidene Fluoride for Lithium Batteries

JCCT.
2025;
Volume 19, Number 2
: pp. 270 - 276
https://doi.org/10.23939/chcht19.02.270
Authors:
  1. Leonid Kovalenko
  2. Ivan Lisovskyi
  3. Volodymyr Khomenko
  4. Dmytro Patlun
  5. Oleksandr Potapenko
  6. Anatolii Belous
1
V. I. Vernadsky Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry NAS Ukraine
2
V. I. Vernadsky Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry NAS Ukraine
3
Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design,Ukraine
4
Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design, Ukraine
5
Joint Department of Electrochemical Energy Systems NAS of Ukraine
6
V. I. Vernadsky Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry NAS Ukraine

Two methods for producing lithium-conductive polymer films based on polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) were studied: saturating a dielectric PVDF film with a lithium-conductive solution and incorporating a lithium-conductive solution into a PVDF solution, followed by the fabrication of a lithium-conductive film. A comprehensive set of electrophysical studies on the properties of the proposed gel-polymer electrolyte across a wide temperature range (20–70 ℃) and frequency range (0.1 Hz–32 MHz) was conducted. Li-ion battery prototypes constructed using the engineered membrane exhibit improved performance and enhanced stability during charge/discharge cycling compared to cells with a commercial Celgard 2400 separator.

polymer membrane
polyvinylidene fluoride
lithium-ion batteries
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