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Recent developments of cellulose materials for lithium-ion battery separators

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This paper reviews the recent developments of cellulose materials for lithium-ion battery separators. The contents are organized according to the preparation methods such as coating, casting, electrospinning, phase inversion and papermaking. The focus is on the properties of cellulose materials, research approaches, and the outlook of the applications of cellulose materials for lithium-ion batteries.

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Abbreviations

CA:

Cellulose acetate

CAB:

Cellulose acetate butyrate

CC:

Cladophora cellulose

CDA:

Cellulose diacetate

CMC:

Carboxymethyl cellulose

DMF:

N, N-dimethylformide

DMSO:

Dimethyl sulfoxide

GPE:

Gel polymer electrolyte

HEC:

Hydroxyethyl cellulose

HPMC:

Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose

HNT:

Halloysite nanotube

LIB:

Lithium ion battery

LOI:

Limiting oxygen index

MC:

Methyl cellulose

NCC:

Nanocrystalline cellulose

CNF:

Cellulose nanofibril

MFC:

Microfibrillated cellulose

NIPS:

Non-solvent induced phase separation

TIPS:

Thermally induced phase inversion

NWF:

Nonwoven fabric

PAN:

Polyacrylonitrile

PE:

Polyethylene

PEO:

Poly(ethylene oxide)

PLLA:

Poly-l-lactic acid

PP:

Polypropylene

PPC:

Poly(propylene carbonate)

PMMA:

Poly(methyl methacrylate)

PDA:

Polydopamine

PSA:

Polysulfonamide

PVP:

Polyvinylpyrrolidone

PVDF:

Polyvinylidene fluoride

PVDF-HFP:

Polyvinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene

RTIL:

Room temperature ionic liquid

SBR:

Styrene-butadiene rubber

SNF:

Silica nano-fibers

TEOS:

Tetraethyl orthosilicate

THF:

Tetrahydrofuran

TPU:

Thermoplastic polyurethane

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The authors are grateful for the financial support afforded by 111 Plan and Guangdong Provincial Science & Technology Plan Projects (No. 2015B020241001); The State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering (No. 2015ZD04); Open Foundation of Zhejiang Provincial Key Lab. for Chem. & Bio. Processing Technology of Farm Products and Zhejiang Provincial Collaborative Innovation Center of Agricultural Biological Resources Biochemical Manufacturing (No. 2016KF0201).

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    Shuhua Tong

  3. Limerick Pulp and Paper Centre, and Department of Chemical Engineering, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, E3B 5A3, Canada

    Zhibin He

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Sheng, J., Tong, S., He, Z. et al. Recent developments of cellulose materials for lithium-ion battery separators. Cellulose 24, 4103–4122 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-017-1421-8

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