Surface Modification of Polypropylene Separators in Lithium-Ion Batteries Using Inductively Coupled Plasma Treatment
- Authors
- Son, Jinyoung; Kim, Min-Sik; Lee, Hyun Woo; Yu, Jong-Sung; Kwon, Kwang-Ho
- Issue Date
- 12월-2014
- Publisher
- AMER SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHERS
- Keywords
- Plasma Treatment; Li-Ion Battery; Separator; Plasma Diagnostics
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY, v.14, no.12, pp.9368 - 9372
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
- Volume
- 14
- Number
- 12
- Start Page
- 9368
- End Page
- 9372
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/96622
- DOI
- 10.1166/jnn.2014.10119
- ISSN
- 1533-4880
- Abstract
- We describe herein an improvement in the surface wettability of plasma-treated separators for use in lithium-ion batteries. We treated the separators with an O-2/Ar inductively coupled plasma to increase their surface energy. The plasma treatment on the separator and plasma diagnostic experiments were performed in an inductively coupled plasma (ICP) reactor. The fraction of Ar in the O-2/Ar plasma was changed from 0% to 100%. The plasma diagnostics were performed using optical emission spectroscopy and a double Langmuir probe. To confirm the morphological change of the separator membrane by the plasma treatment, we used the scanning electron microscopy. The surface energy measurements were performed using the drop method. We found that the plasma treatment transformed the separator from a hydrophobic membrane to a hydrophilic one, thereby achieving high separator wettability. After the treatment of the separators with O-2/Ar plasma, the batteries exhibited better cycle performance and rate capacity than those employing the untreated ones.
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