Highly Li‐ion conductive Li4(BH4)3I@SBA‐15 is synthesized by confining the LiI doped LiBH4 into mesoporous silica SBA‐15. Uniform nanoconfinement of P63 mc phase Li4(BH4)3I in SBA‐15 mesopores leads to a significantly enhanced conductivity of 2.5 × 10−4 S cm−1 with a Li‐ion transference number of 0.97 at 35 °C. The super Li‐ion mobility in the interface layer with a thickness of 1.2 nm between Li4(BH4)3I and SBA‐15 is believed to be responsible for the fast Li‐ion conduction in Li4(BH4)3I@SBA‐15. Additionally, Li4(BH4)3I@SBA‐15 also exhibits a wide apparent electrochemical stability window (0 to 5 V vs Li/Li+) and a superior Li dendrite suppression capability (critical current density 2.6 mA cm−2 at 55 °C) due to the formation of stable interphases. More importantly, Li4(BH4)3I@SBA‐15‐based Li batteries using either high‐capacity sulfur cathode or high‐voltage oxide cathode show excellent electrochemical performances, making Li4(BH4)3I@SBA‐15 a very attractive electrolyte for next‐generation all‐solid‐state Li batteries.

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Li−B−H complexes facilely prepared via partial dehydrogenation of LiBH 4 are presented in this study as solid electrolytes for Li batteries. An exceptionally high Li-ion conductivity is found for the Li−B−H complex with 7.5 wt % H 2 desorption under 3 bar H 2 pressure, which reaches 2.7 × 10 −4 S cm −1 at 35 °C, more than 4 orders higher than that of LiBH 4 . In-depth characterizations show that LiH and [Li 2 B 12 H 11+1/n ] n are in situ formed in the LiBH 4 matrix and the interface layer between [Li 2 B 12 H 11+1/n ] n and LiBH 4 is believed to be responsible for the high Li-ion conductivity. Moreover, this Li−B−H complex also exhibits excellent electrochemical stability, which enables the stable cycling of all-solid-state batteries at room temperature.

Like most macromolecule polymers, epoxy resin (EP) is easy to burn, and there are great fire safety hazards in the process of use. Therefore, how to improve the fire safety of EP becomes one of the problems to be considered in the application of EP. In this study, tricobalt tetraoxide (Co3O4)-loaded TiO2 nanotube (TNT) (Co3O4-TNT) hybrid material was prepared by the co-precipitation method, and organophilic α-ZrP (OZrP) was obtained by hexadecyl trimethyl ammonium bromide-intercalated α-zirconium phosphate (α-ZrP) which was prepared by the hydrothermal synthesis method. Then, a series of nanocomposites were obtained by adding the synthesized nanomaterials to the EP at a certain ratio. The structure and morphology characterization indicated that Co3O4-TNTs and OZrP were synthesized successfully. The results of thermogravimetric analysis showed that the co-addition of Co3O4-TNTs and OZrP could further enhance the thermal stability of EP. The results of a cone calorimeter showed that EP/OZrP/Co3O4-TNTs had the lowest peak heat release rate and total heat release, which decreased by 36.2 and 35.4%, respectively, compared with the pure EP. This indicates that Co3O4-TNTs and OZrP had a good synergetic flame retardant effect and could effectively enhance the flame retardancy of EP.

Solid electrolytes with high Li-ion conductivity and electrochemical stability are very important for developing high-performance all-solid-state batteries. In this work, Li2(BH4)(NH2) is nanoconfined in the mesoporous silica molecule sieve (SBA-15) using a melting–infiltration approach. This electrolyte exhibits excellent Li-ion conduction properties, achieving a Li-ion conductivity of 5.0 × 10−3 S cm−1 at 55 °C, an electrochemical stability window of 0 to 3.2 V and a Li-ion transference number of 0.97. In addition, this electrolyte can enable the stable cycling of Li|Li2(BH4)(NH2)@SBA-15|TiS2 cells, which exhibit a reversible specific capacity of 150 mAh g−1 with a Coulombic efficiency of 96% after 55 cycles.