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Naboulsi A, Chometon R, Ribot F, Nguyen G, Fichet O, Laberty-Robert C. Correlation between Ionic Conductivity and Mechanical Properties of Solid-like PEO-based Polymer Electrolyte. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024; 16:13869-13881. [PMID: 38466181 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c19249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/12/2024]
Abstract
Poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate polymer networks (PEO-based networks), with or without anionic bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (TFSI)-grafted groups, are promising electrolytes for Li-metal all solid-state batteries. Nevertheless, there is a need to enhance our current understanding of the physicochemical characteristics of these polymer networks to meet the mechanical and ionic conductivity property requirements for Li battery electrolyte materials. To address this challenge, our goal is to investigate the impact of the cross-linking density of the PEO-based network and the ethylene oxide/lithium ratio on mechanical properties (such as glass transition temperature and storage modulus) and ionic conductivity. We have synthesized a series of cross-linked PEO-based polymers (si-SPE for single ion solid polymer electrolyte) via solvent-free radical copolymerization. These polymers are synthesized by using commercially available lithium 3-[(trifluoromethane)sulfonamidosulfonyl]propyl methacrylate (LiMTFSI), poly(ethylene glycol)methyl ether methacrylate (PEGM), and [poly(ethylene glycol) dimethacrylate] (PEGDM). In addition, we have synthesized a series of cross-linked PEO-based polymers (SPE for solid polymer electrolyte) using LiTFSI as the ionic species. Most of the resulting polymer films are amorphous, self-standing, flexible, homogeneous, and thermally stable. Interestingly, our research has revealed a correlation between ionic conductivity and mechanical properties in both the SPE and si-SPE series. Ionic conductivity increases as glass transition temperature, α relaxation temperature, and storage modulus decrease, suggesting that Li+ transport is influenced by polymer chain flexibility and Li+/EO interaction.
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- Agathe Naboulsi
- LPPI, CY Cergy Paris Université, F-95000 Cergy, France
- Sorbonne Université́, CNRS, Laboratoire Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris, LCMCP, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
- RS2E, Réseau Français sur le Stockage Electrochimique de l'Energie, CNRS 3459, 80039 Cedex 1 Amiens, France
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- Sorbonne Université́, CNRS, Laboratoire Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris, LCMCP, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
- RS2E, Réseau Français sur le Stockage Electrochimique de l'Energie, CNRS 3459, 80039 Cedex 1 Amiens, France
- CSE, Collège de France, 4 Place Marcellin Berthelot, 75005 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université́, CNRS, Laboratoire Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris, LCMCP, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
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- LPPI, CY Cergy Paris Université, F-95000 Cergy, France
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- LPPI, CY Cergy Paris Université, F-95000 Cergy, France
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- Sorbonne Université́, CNRS, Laboratoire Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris, LCMCP, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
- RS2E, Réseau Français sur le Stockage Electrochimique de l'Energie, CNRS 3459, 80039 Cedex 1 Amiens, France
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Nikolakakou G, Pantazidis C, Papadakis VM, Kenanakis G, Loppinet B, Sakellariou G, Glynos E. Nanostructured Single-ion Polymer Blend Electrolytes Composed of Polyanionic Particles and Low Molecular Weight PEO. ACS Macro Lett 2023; 12:1665-1671. [PMID: 37992200 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.3c00543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2023]
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The development of single-ion solid polymer electrolytes with high ion conductivity holds the key to the realization of safe, long-lasting, high-energy batteries. Here we introduce the use of core-shell nanostructured polyanionic particles, composed of polyanion asymmetric miktoarm stars with a large number of glassy polystyrene-based polyanion arms that complement longer poly(ethylene oxide), PEO, arms, as additives to low molecular weight, liquid PEO. Due to the proposed macromolecular design approach, the polyanion particles are well dispersed for wt % ≤ 55 that enables the formation of a nanostructured single-ion electrolyte with highly interconnected channels composed of liquid PEO that promotes fast ion transport. Noticeably, while the ion conductivity remains fairly unaffected and close to 10-5 S/cm at room temperature with nanoparticle loading, the shear modulus monotonically increases by several order of magnitudes indicating a very strong decoupling between the antagonistic properties of mechanical modulus and ion conductivity.
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- Georgia Nikolakakou
- Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, P.O. Box 1385, 711 10 Heraklion, Crete, Greece
- Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, P.O. Box 2208, 710 03 Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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- Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, Zografrou, 15 771 Athens, Greece
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- Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, P.O. Box 1385, 711 10 Heraklion, Crete, Greece
- Department of Industrial Design and Production Engineering, University of West Attica, 12244 Athens, Greece
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- Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, P.O. Box 1385, 711 10 Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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- Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, P.O. Box 1385, 711 10 Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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- Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, Zografrou, 15 771 Athens, Greece
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- Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, P.O. Box 1385, 711 10 Heraklion, Crete, Greece
- Department of Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete, Heraklion 71003, Greece
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Nosov D, Ronnasi B, Lozinskaya EI, Ponkratov DO, Puchot L, Grysan P, Schmidt DF, Lessard BH, Shaplov AS. Mechanically Robust Poly(ionic liquid) Block Copolymers as Self-Assembling Gating Materials for Single-Walled Carbon-Nanotube-Based Thin-Film Transistors. ACS APPLIED POLYMER MATERIALS 2023; 5:2639-2653. [PMID: 37090422 PMCID: PMC10111415 DOI: 10.1021/acsapm.2c02223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2022] [Accepted: 02/27/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The proliferation of high-performance thin-film electronics depends on the development of highly conductive solid-state polymeric materials. We report on the synthesis and properties investigation of well-defined cationic and anionic poly(ionic liquid) AB-C type block copolymers, where the AB block was formed by random copolymerization of highly conductive anionic or cationic monomers with poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate, while the C block was obtained by post-polymerization of 2-phenylethyl methacrylate. The resulting ionic block copolymers were found to self-assemble into a lamellar morphology, exhibiting high ionic conductivity (up to 3.6 × 10-6 S cm-1 at 25 °C) and sufficient electrochemical stability (up to 3.4 V vs Ag+/Ag at 25 °C) as well as enhanced viscoelastic (mechanical) performance (storage modulus up to 3.8 × 105 Pa). The polymers were then tested as separators in two all-solid-state electrochemical devices: parallel plate metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitors and thin-film transistors (TFTs). The laboratory-scale truly solid-state MIM capacitors showed the start of electrical double-layer (EDL) formation at ∼103 Hz and high areal capacitance (up to 17.2 μF cm-2). For solid-state TFTs, low hysteresis was observed at 10 Hz due to the completion of EDL formation and the devices were found to have low threshold voltages of -0.3 and 1.1 V for p-type and n-type operations, respectively.
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- Daniil
R. Nosov
- Luxembourg
Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), 5 Avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux, L-4362 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
- Department
of Physics and Materials Science, University
of Luxembourg, 2 Avenue
de l’Université, L-4365 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
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- Department
of Chemical & Biological Engineering, University of Ottawa, 161 Louis Pasteur, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada
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- A.N.
Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds Russian Academy of
Sciences (INEOS RAS), Vavilov str. 28, bld. 1, 119334 Moscow, Russia
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- A.N.
Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds Russian Academy of
Sciences (INEOS RAS), Vavilov str. 28, bld. 1, 119334 Moscow, Russia
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- Luxembourg
Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), 5 Avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux, L-4362 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
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- Luxembourg
Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), 5 Avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux, L-4362 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
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- Luxembourg
Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), 5 Avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux, L-4362 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
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- Department
of Chemical & Biological Engineering, University of Ottawa, 161 Louis Pasteur, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada
- School
of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa, 800 King Edward Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada
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- Luxembourg
Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), 5 Avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux, L-4362 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
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Huo H, Zhao W, Duan X, Sun ZY. Control of Diblock Copolyelectrolyte Morphology through Electric Field Application. Macromolecules 2023. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c01780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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- Haiyang Huo
- School of Applied Chemistry and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei230026, China
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun130022, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun130022, China
- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun130022, China
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- School of Applied Chemistry and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei230026, China
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun130022, China
- Xinjiang Laboratory of Phase Transitions and Microstructures in Condensed Matters, College of Physical Science and Technology, Yili Normal University, Yining835000, China
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Fan M, Shen KH, Hall LM. Effect of Tethering Anions in Block Copolymer Electrolytes via Molecular Dynamics Simulations. Macromolecules 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c01309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Mengdi Fan
- William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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Zhou Z, Tao Z, Zhang L, Zheng X, Xiao X, Liu Z, Li X, Liu G, Zhao P, Zhang P. Scalable Manufacturing of Solid Polymer Electrolytes with Superior Room-Temperature Ionic Conductivity. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:32994-33003. [PMID: 35819178 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c01416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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A scalable manufacturing protocol is developed to prepare polymer-based solvent-free all-solid flexible energy storage devices based on a two-roll mill and adapted rubber mixing technology. The as-prepared solid polymer electrolytes (SPEs) consisting of commercial poly(methyl methacrylate)-grafted natural rubber (MG30) and lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide achieve a superior ionic conductivity of 2.7 × 10-3 S cm-1 at 30 °C. The superior ionic conductivity is attributed to the formation of an ionic cluster network in the composite as proved by small-angle X-ray scattering and infrared spectroscopy measurements. Moreover, the as-prepared SPEs show good mechanical stability over a broad temperature range, that is , a storage modulus above 1 × 104 Pa from 30 to 120 °C as indicated by the rheology data. Furthermore, the SPEs were assembled with the carbon black-filled MG30 (i.e., MG30C) electrode into a flexible supercapacitor cell, which had a wide voltage window of 3.5 V, good energy density of 28.4 μW h·cm-2 at 160 °C, and good temperature tolerance up to 160 °C. This scaling-up manufacture strategy shows tremendous potential to the advancing of SPEs in applications of flexible energy storage device.
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- Zekun Zhou
- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
- School of Materials Science, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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- National Facility for Protein Science in Shanghai, Zhangjiang Laboratory, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201204, China
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- Agricultural Product Processing Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Zhanjiang 524001, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Key Laboratory for Polymeric Composite and Functional Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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Nikolakakou G, Pantazidis C, Sakellariou G, Glynos E. Ion Conductivity–Shear Modulus Relationship of Single-Ion Solid Polymer Electrolytes Composed of Polyanionic Miktoarm Star Copolymers. Macromolecules 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c00620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Georgia Nikolakakou
- Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, P.O. Box 1385, 711 10 Heraklion, Crete, Greece
- Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, P.O. Box 2208, 710 03 Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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- Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis Zografrou, 15 771 Athens, Greece
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- Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis Zografrou, 15 771 Athens, Greece
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- Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, P.O. Box 1385, 711 10 Heraklion, Crete, Greece
- Department of Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete, Heraklion 71003, Greece
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Grim BJ, Green MD. Thermodynamics and Structure‐Property Relationships of Charged Block Polymers. MACROMOL CHEM PHYS 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/macp.202200036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Bradley J. Grim
- Chemical Engineering School for Engineering of Matter Transport and Energy Arizona State University Tempe AZ 85287
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- Chemical Engineering School for Engineering of Matter Transport and Energy Arizona State University Tempe AZ 85287
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Yu X, Jiang X, Seidler ME, Shah NJ, Gao KW, Chakraborty S, Villaluenga I, Balsara NP. Nanostructured Ionic Separator Formed by Block Copolymer Self-Assembly: A Gateway for Alleviating Concentration Polarization in Batteries. Macromolecules 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c00193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Xiaopeng Yu
- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Energy Storage & Distributed Resources Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- POLYMAT University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
- Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
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- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Energy Storage & Distributed Resources Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Self-assembly of Li single-ion-conducting block copolymers for improved conductivity and viscoelastic properties. Electrochim Acta 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2022.140126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Dreier P, Pipertzis A, Spyridakou M, Mathes R, Floudas G, Frey H. Introduction of Trifluoromethanesulfonamide Groups in Poly(ethylene oxide): Ionic Conductivity of Single-Ion-Conducting Block Copolymer Electrolytes. Macromolecules 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c02507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Philip Dreier
- Department of Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz 55099, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz 55099, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Ioannina, Ioannina 45110, Greece
- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz 55128, Germany
- Institute of Materials Science and Computing, University Research Center of Ioannina (URCI), Ioannina 45110, Greece
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- Department of Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz 55099, Germany
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Nguyen N, Blatt MP, Kim K, Hallinan DT, Kennemur JG. Investigating miscibility and lithium ion transport in blends of poly(ethylene oxide) with a polyanion containing precisely-spaced delocalized charges. Polym Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2py00605g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Synthesis of a precision single ion conductor with a phenylsulfonyl (TFSI) lithium salt pendant at every 5th carbon is reported and miscibility, conductivity, and transference studies are performed upon blending with PEO at varying compositions.
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- Nam Nguyen
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, 95 Chieftan Way, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Florida A&M University–Florida State University (FAMU-FSU) College of Engineering, 2525 Pottsdamer Street, Tallahassee, FL 32310, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Florida A&M University–Florida State University (FAMU-FSU) College of Engineering, 2525 Pottsdamer Street, Tallahassee, FL 32310, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Florida A&M University–Florida State University (FAMU-FSU) College of Engineering, 2525 Pottsdamer Street, Tallahassee, FL 32310, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, 95 Chieftan Way, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA
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- Michael Patrick Blatt
- Florida A&M University-Florida State University (FAMU-FSU) College of Engineering, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, United States
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- Florida A&M University-Florida State University (FAMU-FSU) College of Engineering, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, United States
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Zhang Z, Lin D, Ganesan V. Mechanisms of ion transport in lithium salt‐doped polymeric ionic liquid electrolytes at higher salt concentrations. JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/pol.20210737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Zidan Zhang
- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering University of Texas at Austin Austin Texas USA
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering University of Texas at Austin Austin Texas USA
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering University of Texas at Austin Austin Texas USA
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Mayer A, Steinle D, Passerini S, Bresser D. Block copolymers as (single-ion conducting) lithium battery electrolytes. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2021; 33:062002. [PMID: 34624873 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ac2e21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2021] [Accepted: 10/08/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Solid-state batteries are considered the next big step towards the realization of intrinsically safer high-energy lithium batteries for the steadily increasing implementation of this technology in electronic devices and particularly, electric vehicles. However, so far only electrolytes based on poly(ethylene oxide) have been successfully commercialized despite their limited stability towards oxidation and low ionic conductivity at room temperature. Block copolymer (BCP) electrolytes are believed to provide significant advantages thanks to their tailorable properties. Thus, research activities in this field have been continuously expanding in recent years with great progress to enhance their performance and deepen the understanding towards the interplay between their chemistry, structure, electrochemical properties, and charge transport mechanism. Herein, we review this progress with a specific focus on the block-copolymer nanostructure and ionic conductivity, the latest works, as well as the early studies that are fr"equently overlooked by researchers newly entering this field. Moreover, we discuss the impact of adding a lithium salt in comparison to single-ion conducting BCP electrolytes along with the encouraging features of these materials and the remaining challenges that are yet to be solved.
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- Alexander Mayer
- Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU), Helmholtzstrasse 11, D-89081 Ulm, Germany
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), PO Box 3640, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU), Helmholtzstrasse 11, D-89081 Ulm, Germany
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), PO Box 3640, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU), Helmholtzstrasse 11, D-89081 Ulm, Germany
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), PO Box 3640, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU), Helmholtzstrasse 11, D-89081 Ulm, Germany
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), PO Box 3640, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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Zhang B, Zheng C, Sims MB, Bates FS, Lodge TP. Influence of Charge Fraction on the Phase Behavior of Symmetric Single-Ion Conducting Diblock Copolymers. ACS Macro Lett 2021; 10:1035-1040. [PMID: 35549119 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.1c00393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A series of symmetric poly[(oligo(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate-co-oligo(ethylene glycol) propyl sodium sulfonate methacrylate)]-block-polystyrene (PsOEGMA-PS) diblock copolymers were synthesized as a model system to probe the effect of charge fraction on the phase behavior of charged-neutral single-ion conducting diblock copolymers. Small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) experiments showed that increasing the charge fraction does not alter the ordered phase morphology (lamellar) but increases the order-disorder transition temperature (TODT) significantly. Additionally, the effective Flory-Huggins interaction parameter (χeff) was found to increase linearly with the charge fraction, similar to the case of conventional salt-doped diblock copolymers. This indicates that the effect of counterion solvation, attributed to the significant mismatch between the dielectric constant of each block, provides the dominant effect in tuning the phase behavior of this charged diblock copolymer. We therefore infer that electrostatic cohesion (local charge ordering induced by Coulombic interactions), which is predicted to suppress microphase separation and lead to asymmetric phase diagrams, only plays a minor role in this model system.
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Zhang Z, Krajniak J, Ganesan V. A Multiscale Simulation Study of Influence of Morphology on Ion Transport in Block Copolymeric Ionic Liquids. Macromolecules 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c00025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Zidan Zhang
- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Independent researcher, os. Kosmonautow 13/56, 61-631 Poznan, Poland
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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Jing BB, Mata P, Zhao Q, Evans CM. Effects of crosslinking density and Lewis acidic sites on conductivity and viscoelasticity of dynamic network electrolytes. JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/pol.20210207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Brian B. Jing
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign Illinois USA
- Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign Illinois USA
- Beckman Institute of Science and Technology University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign Illinois USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign Illinois USA
- Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign Illinois USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign Illinois USA
- Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign Illinois USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign Illinois USA
- Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign Illinois USA
- Beckman Institute of Science and Technology University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign Illinois USA
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Zhao Q, Evans CM. Effect of Molecular Weight on Viscosity Scaling and Ion Transport in Linear Polymerized Ionic Liquids. Macromolecules 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c02801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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- Qiujie Zhao
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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He Y, Liu N, Kohl PA. Lithium Ion Conduction in Diblock Polymer Electrolyte with Tethered Anion. ChemistrySelect 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202004595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Yubin He
- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 30332 USA
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 30332 USA
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- School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 30332 USA
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Yang Y, Dong Y, Zhang Z, Xi Z, Xiang J, Ouyang X, Wang T, Qiu L, Zhou J. Dunaliella Salinas based Sn–carbon anode for high-performance Li-ion batteries. RSC Adv 2021; 11:38796-38803. [PMID: 35493202 PMCID: PMC9044169 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra06443f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2021] [Accepted: 10/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Long life, high capacity, environmental friendliness and good rate performance are the most important elements in the research of lithium ion batteries (LIBs). In this paper, Sn–carbon composite electrode materials are prepared using Dunaliella Salinas based carbon (amorphous carbon) as an amorphous carbon precursor combined with tin. Hence, an amorphous carbon template enwrapped by Sn particles forms a core–shell structure (Sn–carbon composite), the annealed Dunaliella Salinas based carbon makes up the carbon core, and Sn particles form the shell of the material. The components of the materials, microstructure and electrochemical properties of LIBs were characterized and tested. The results show that the prepared Sn–carbon composite electrode materials have high purity and combine with amorphous carbon uniformly. The Sn–carbon composite exhibits excellent performance as a LIB anode, its discharge capacities of the 1st, 2nd, and 4th cycles are 1777.39, 944.15 and 722.46 mA h g−1 at a current density of 100 mA g−1, and the capacity is 619.09 mA h g−1 after stable cycling at a current density of 200 mA g−1. The capacity continues to rise at a high current density of 1000 mA g−1 and is 574.97 mA h g−1 at its maximum, demonstrating the excellent performance of the electrode. Long life, high capacity, environmental friendliness and good rate performance are the most important elements in the research of lithium ion batteries (LIBs).![]()
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- Yuhua Yang
- School of Materials and Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanchang 330038, P. R. China
- Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Surface Engineering, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanchang 330038, P. R. China
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- Information Engineering School, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330038, P. R. China
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- School of Communications and Electronics, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanchang 330013, P. R. China
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- Information Engineering School, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330038, P. R. China
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- School of Materials and Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanchang 330038, P. R. China
- Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Surface Engineering, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanchang 330038, P. R. China
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- School of Materials and Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanchang 330038, P. R. China
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- School of Materials and Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanchang 330038, P. R. China
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- School of Materials and Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanchang 330038, P. R. China
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- School of Communications and Electronics, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanchang 330013, P. R. China
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Kang S, Park MJ. 100th Anniversary of Macromolecular Science Viewpoint: Block Copolymers with Tethered Acid Groups: Challenges and Opportunities. ACS Macro Lett 2020; 9:1527-1541. [PMID: 35617073 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.0c00629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Scientific research on advanced polymer electrolytes has led to the emergence of all-solid-state energy storage/transfer systems. Early research began with acid-tethered polymers half a century ago, and research interest has gradually shifted to high-precision polymers with controllable acid functional groups and nanoscale morphologies. Consequently, various self-assembled acid-tethered block polymer morphologies have been produced. Their ion properties are profoundly affected by the multiscale intermolecular interactions in confinements. The creation of hierarchically organized ion/dipole arrangements inside the block copolymer nanostructures has been highlighted as a future method for developing advanced single-ion polymers with decoupled ion dynamics and polymer chain relaxation. Several emerging practical applications of the acid-tethered block copolymers have been explored to draw attention to the challenges and opportunities in developing state-of-the-art electrochemical systems.
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- Sejong Kang
- Department of Chemistry, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Korea 790-784
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- Department of Chemistry, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Korea 790-784
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Wheatle BK, Fuentes EF, Lynd NA, Ganesan V. Design of Polymer Blend Electrolytes through a Machine Learning Approach. Macromolecules 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c01547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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- Bill K. Wheatle
- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin 78712, Texas, United States
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin 78712, Texas, United States
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin 78712, Texas, United States
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin 78712, Texas, United States
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Shen C, Zhao Q, Shan N, Jing BB, Evans CM. Conductivity–modulus–
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relationships in solvent‐free, single lithium ion conducting network electrolytes. JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/pol.20200302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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- Chengtian Shen
- Department of Chemistry University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign Urbana Illinois USA
- Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign Urbana Illinois USA
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- Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign Urbana Illinois USA
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign Urbana Illinois USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign Urbana Illinois USA
- Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign Urbana Illinois USA
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign Urbana Illinois USA
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- Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign Urbana Illinois USA
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign Urbana Illinois USA
- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign Urbana Illinois USA
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- Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign Urbana Illinois USA
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign Urbana Illinois USA
- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign Urbana Illinois USA
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Synthesis of a well-defined polyelectrolyte by controlled/“living” nitroxide-mediated radical polymerization. Kinetic study. Eur Polym J 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2020.109815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Jiang J, Chen X, Yang S, Chen EQ. The size and affinity effect of counterions on self-assembly of charged block copolymers. J Chem Phys 2020; 152:124901. [PMID: 32241155 DOI: 10.1063/5.0002896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The effect of counterions' size and affinity on the microphase separated morphologies of neutral-charged diblock copolymers is investigated systematically using a random phase approximation (RPA) and self-consistent field theory (SCFT). The phase diagrams as a function of χAB and fA at different counterion sizes and different affinities to neutral blocks are constructed, respectively. Stability limits calculated using the RPA are in good agreement with the disorder-body-centered cubic phase boundaries from SCFT calculations. It was found that increasing the size of counterions causes the phase diagram to shift upward and leftward, which is attributed to electrostatic interactions and the intrinsic volume of counterions. The domain size of the ordered phase shows an unexpected tendency that it decreases with increasing counterions' size. The counterions' distributions in H and G phases demonstrate that it is electrostatic interaction, instead of packing frustration, that plays a leading role in such systems. For finite size counterions, with the increase in affinity between counterions and neutral blocks, the phase diagram shifts upward, indicating the improved compatibility between different blocks. Furthermore, the affinity effect between counterions and neutral blocks can be mapped into an effective Flory parameter χAB ' = χAB + 0.27χBC.
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- Jiadi Jiang
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering and Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering and Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering and Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering and Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
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Sutton P, Airoldi M, Porcarelli L, Olmedo-Martínez JL, Mugemana C, Bruns N, Mecerreyes D, Steiner U, Gunkel I. Tuning the Properties of a UV-Polymerized, Cross-Linked Solid Polymer Electrolyte for Lithium Batteries. Polymers (Basel) 2020; 12:E595. [PMID: 32151077 PMCID: PMC7182867 DOI: 10.3390/polym12030595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2019] [Revised: 02/19/2020] [Accepted: 02/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Lithium metal anodes have been pursued for decades as a way to significantly increase the energy density of lithium-ion batteries. However, safety risks caused by flammable liquid electrolytes and short circuits due to lithium dendrite formation during cell cycling have so far prevented the use of lithium metal in commercial batteries. Solid polymer electrolytes (SPEs) offer a potential solution if their mechanical properties and ionic conductivity can be simultaneously engineered. Here, we introduce a family of SPEs that are scalable and easy to prepare with a photopolymerization process, synthesized from amphiphilic acrylic polymer conetworks based on poly(ethylene glycol), 2-hydroxy-ethylacrylate, norbornyl acrylate, and either lithium bis (trifluoromethanesulfonyl) imide (LiTFSI) or a single-ion polymethacrylate as lithium-ion source. Several conetworks were synthesized and cycled, and their ionic conductivity, mechanical properties, and lithium transference number were characterized. A single-ion-conducting polymer electrolyte shows the best compromise between the different properties and extends the calendar life of the cell.
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- Preston Sutton
- Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg, Chemin des Verdiers 4, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland; (M.A.); (C.M.); (N.B.); (U.S.)
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- Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg, Chemin des Verdiers 4, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland; (M.A.); (C.M.); (N.B.); (U.S.)
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- POLYMAT, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Avda. Tolosa 72, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain; (L.P.); (J.L.O.-M.); (D.M.)
- Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Hwy, Burwood, VIC 3125, Australia
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- POLYMAT, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Avda. Tolosa 72, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain; (L.P.); (J.L.O.-M.); (D.M.)
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- Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg, Chemin des Verdiers 4, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland; (M.A.); (C.M.); (N.B.); (U.S.)
- Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Materials Research and Technology Department, 5 rue Bommel-ZAE Robert Steichen, L-4940 Hautcharage, Luxembourg
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- Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg, Chemin des Verdiers 4, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland; (M.A.); (C.M.); (N.B.); (U.S.)
- Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, Thomas Graham Building, 295 Cathedral Street, Glasgow G1 1XL, UK
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- POLYMAT, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Avda. Tolosa 72, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain; (L.P.); (J.L.O.-M.); (D.M.)
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- Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg, Chemin des Verdiers 4, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland; (M.A.); (C.M.); (N.B.); (U.S.)
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- Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg, Chemin des Verdiers 4, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland; (M.A.); (C.M.); (N.B.); (U.S.)
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Glynos E, Pantazidis C, Sakellariou G. Designing All-Polymer Nanostructured Solid Electrolytes: Advances and Prospects. ACS OMEGA 2020; 5:2531-2540. [PMID: 32095677 PMCID: PMC7033665 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.9b04098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2019] [Accepted: 01/30/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Multi-phase nanostructured polymer electrolytes, where the one phase conducts ions while the other imparts the desired mechanical properties, are currently the most promising candidates for solid-state electrolytes in high-density lithium metal batteries. In contrast to homogeneous polymer electrolytes, where ion transport is coupled with polymer segmental dynamics and any attempt to improve conductivity via faster polymer motions results in a decrease in stiffness, nanostructured materials efficiently decouple these two antagonistic parameters. Nevertheless, for reasons discussed herein the synthesis of a polymer electrolyte that simultaneously has a shear modulus of G' ≈ GPa and an ion conductivity of σ > 10-4 S/cm (in the case dual ion conductor) or of σ > 10-5 S/cm (in the case of single-ion conductor) remains a challenge. This review focuses on recent designing strategies for the synthesis of all-polymer nanostructured electrolytes, and protocols for introducing a single-ion character in such materials.
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- Emmanouil Glynos
- Institute
of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation
for Research and Technology−Hellas, P.O. Box 1385, 71110 Heraklion,
Crete GR, Greece
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- Department
of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian
University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, Zografou, 15771 Athens, Greece
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- Department
of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian
University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, Zografou, 15771 Athens, Greece
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Ponraj T, Ramalingam A, Selvasekarapandian S, Srikumar SR, Manjuladevi R. Plasticized solid polymer electrolyte based on triblock copolymer poly(vinylidene chloride-co-acrylonitrile-co-methyl methacrylate) for magnesium ion batteries. Polym Bull (Berl) 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s00289-019-03091-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Jing BB, Evans CM. Catalyst-Free Dynamic Networks for Recyclable, Self-Healing Solid Polymer Electrolytes. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:18932-18937. [PMID: 31743006 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b09811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Polymer networks with dynamic covalent cross-links act as solids but can flow at high temperatures. They have been widely explored as reprocessable and self-healing materials, but their use as solid electrolytes is limited. Here we report poly(ethylene oxide)-based networks with varying amounts of lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (LiTFSI) to understand the impact of a salt on the ion transport and network dynamics. We observed that the conductivity of our dynamic networks reached a maximum of 3.5 × 10-4 S/cm at an optimal LiTFSI concentration. Rheological measurements showed that the amount of LiTFSI significantly affects the mechanical properties, as the shear modulus varies between 1 and 10 MPa and the stress relaxation by 2 orders of magnitude. Additionally, we found that these networks can efficiently dissolve back to pure monomers and heal to recover their conductivity after damage, showing the potential of dynamic networks as sustainable solid electrolytes.
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Bicontinuously crosslinked polymer electrolyte membranes with high ion conductivity and mechanical strength. J Memb Sci 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2019.117250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Cao C, Li Y, Chen S, Peng C, Li Z, Tang L, Feng Y, Feng W. Electrolyte-Solvent-Modified Alternating Copolymer as a Single-Ion Solid Polymer Electrolyte for High-Performance Lithium Metal Batteries. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:35683-35692. [PMID: 31498586 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b10595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Significant progress has been made to replace graphite anode materials with Li metal in next-generation Li ion batteries, called Li metal batteries (LMBs). However, the development of practical LMBs requires the suppression of Li dendrites. Owing to their ability to relax polarization, single-ion solid polymer electrolytes (SSPEs) are widely considered as an effective strategy for preventing dendrite generation. The novel SSPE membrane prepared in this work, which consists of a polymeric lithium salt modified with an electrolyte solvent, shows single-ion conducting behavior that results in the effective restriction of Li dendritic growth. The SSPE membrane delivers an ionic conductivity as high as 1.42 × 10-4 S cm-1 at room temperature. A LiFePO4 (LFP) coin cell assembled with the SSPE membrane shows excellent rate performance and outstanding cycling stability. In addition, the LFP flexible battery using the SSPE membrane exhibits good practicability and environmental adaptability.
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- Chen Cao
- School of Materials Science and Engineering , Tianjin University , Tianjin 300354 , China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering , Tianjin University , Tianjin 300354 , China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology , Ministry of Education , Tianjin 300354 , China
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials , Tianjin 300354 , China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering , Tianjin University , Tianjin 300354 , China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering , Tianjin University , Tianjin 300354 , China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering , Tianjin University , Tianjin 300354 , China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering , Tianjin University , Tianjin 300354 , China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering , Tianjin University , Tianjin 300354 , China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology , Ministry of Education , Tianjin 300354 , China
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials , Tianjin 300354 , China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering , Tianjin University , Tianjin 300354 , China
- Key Laboratory of Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology , Ministry of Education , Tianjin 300354 , China
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials , Tianjin 300354 , China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering , Tianjin 300354 , China
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Ahmed F, Choi I, Rahman MM, Jang H, Ryu T, Yoon S, Jin L, Jin Y, Kim W. Remarkable Conductivity of a Self-Healing Single-Ion Conducting Polymer Electrolyte, Poly(ethylene- co-acrylic lithium (fluoro sulfonyl)imide), for All-Solid-State Li-Ion Batteries. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:34930-34938. [PMID: 31469269 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b10474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Single-ion conducting polymer electrolyte (SICPE) is a safer alternative to the conventional high-performance liquid electrolyte for Li-ion batteries. The performance of SICPEs-based Li-ion batteries is limited due to the low Li+ conductivities of SICPEs at room temperature. Herein, we demonstrated the synthesis of a novel SICPE, poly(ethylene-co-acrylic lithium (fluoro sulfonyl)imide) (PEALiFSI), with acrylic (fluoro sulfonyl)imide anion (AFSI). The solvent- and plasticizer-free PEALiFSI electrolyte, which was assembled at 90 °C under pressure, exhibited self-healing properties with remarkably high Li+ conductivity (5.84 × 10-4 S cm-1 at 25 °C). This is mainly due to the self-healing behavior of this electrolyte, which induced to increase the proportion of the amorphous phase. Additionally, the weak interaction of Li+ with the resonance-stabilized AFSI anion is also responsible for high Li+ conductivity. This self-healed SICPE showed high Li+ transference number (ca. 0.91), flame and heat retardancy, and good thermal stability, which concurrently delivered ca. 88.25% (150 mAh g-1 at 0.1C) of the theoretical capacitance of LiFePO4 cathode material at 25 °C with the full-cell configuration of LiFePO4/PEALiFSI/graphite. Furthermore, the self-healed PEALiFSI-based all-solid-state Li battery showed high electrochemical cycling stability with the capacity retention of 95% after 500 charge-discharge cycles.
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- Faiz Ahmed
- Department of Energy and Materials , Konkuk University , Chungju 27478 , South Korea
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- Department of Energy and Materials , Konkuk University , Chungju 27478 , South Korea
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- Department of Energy and Materials , Konkuk University , Chungju 27478 , South Korea
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- Department of Energy and Materials , Konkuk University , Chungju 27478 , South Korea
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- Department of Energy and Materials , Konkuk University , Chungju 27478 , South Korea
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- Department of Energy and Materials , Konkuk University , Chungju 27478 , South Korea
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- Department of Energy and Materials , Konkuk University , Chungju 27478 , South Korea
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- Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Xinyuan Road , Laoshan Qu, Qingdao Shi , Shandong Sheng 266000 , China
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- Department of Energy and Materials , Konkuk University , Chungju 27478 , South Korea
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Zhao Q, Shen C, Halloran KP, Evans CM. Effect of Network Architecture and Linker Polarity on Ion Aggregation and Conductivity in Precise Polymerized Ionic Liquids. ACS Macro Lett 2019; 8:658-663. [PMID: 35619520 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.9b00293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Four polymerized ionic liquids (PILs) were systematically designed to study the effect of polymer architecture and linker polarity on ion aggregation and transport. Specifically, linear and network PILs with the same ammonium cations (Am) and bis(trifluoromethane)sulfonimide (TFSI) anions were prepared by step-growth polymerization, and polarity was tuned by incorporating two precise linkers, either polar tetra(ethylene oxide) (4EO) linker or nonpolar undecyl (C11) linker. The glass transition temperature (Tg) substantially increased with the nonpolar C11 linker or upon cross-linking to form a network. The low wave-vector (q) ion aggregation peak from wide-angle X-ray scattering (WAXS) was not observable in the linear 4EO PIL, while it was most pronounced in the network C11 PIL. The network C11 PIL exhibited the strongest decoupling, where the ionic conductivity at Tg is greater than 1 order of magnitude higher than the other PILs. This systematic comparison suggests that network structure and nonpolar linkers can promote both ion aggregation and ionic conductivity close to Tg.
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Liu T, Liu G. Block copolymers for supercapacitors, dielectric capacitors and batteries. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2019; 31:233001. [PMID: 30925144 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ab0d77] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Block copolymer-based energy storage emerges as an active interdisciplinary research field. This topical review presents a survey of the recent advances in block copolymers for energy storage. In the first section, we introduce the background of electrochemical energy storage and block copolymer thermodynamics. In the second section, we discuss the current understandings of block copolymer chemistry, processing, pore size, and ionic conductivity. In the third section, we summarize the design principles and state-of-the-art applications of block copolymers in three energy storage devices, namely, supercapacitors, dielectric capacitors, and batteries. Lastly, we present our perspectives on future possible breakthroughs and associated challenges that are essential to propel the development of advanced block copolymers for energy storage. We expect the review to encourage innovative studies on integrating block copolymers into energy storage applications.
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- Tianyu Liu
- Department of Chemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, United States of America
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Shim J, Bates FS, Lodge TP. Superlattice by charged block copolymer self-assembly. Nat Commun 2019; 10:2108. [PMID: 31068597 PMCID: PMC6506472 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-10141-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2019] [Accepted: 04/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Charged block copolymers are of great interest due to their unique self-assembly and physicochemical properties. Understanding of the phase behavior of charged block copolymers, however, is still at a primitive stage. Here we report the discovery of an intriguing superlattice morphology from compositionally symmetric charged block copolymers, poly[(oligo(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate-co-oligo(ethylene glycol) propyl sodium sulfonate methacrylate)]-b-polystyrene (POEGMA-PS), achieved by systematic variation of the molecular structure in general, and the charge content in particular. POEGMA-PS self-assembles into a superlattice lamellar morphology, a previously unknown class of diblock nanostructures, but strikingly similar to oxygen-deficient perovskite derivatives, when the fraction of charged groups in the POEGMA block is about 5-25%. The charge fraction and the tethering of the ionic groups both play critical roles in driving the superlattice formation. This study highlights the accessibility of superlattice morphologies by introducing charges in a controlled manner.
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- Jimin Shim
- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
- Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
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Tseng YC, Wu Y, Tsao CH, Teng H, Hou SS, Jan JS. Polymer electrolytes based on Poly(VdF-co-HFP)/ionic liquid/carbonate membranes for high-performance lithium-ion batteries. POLYMER 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2019.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Volatile organic compounds detection by electrical sensors using polyalkylthiophene-based Langmuir–Blodgett films. SN APPLIED SCIENCES 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s42452-019-0187-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Chen TL, Sun R, Willis C, Morgan BF, Beyer FL, Elabd YA. Lithium ion conducting polymerized ionic liquid pentablock terpolymers as solid-state electrolytes. POLYMER 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2018.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Van Horn RM, Steffen MR, O'Connor D. Recent progress in block copolymer crystallization. POLYMER CRYSTALLIZATION 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/pcr2.10039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Ryan M. Van Horn
- Department of Chemistry Allegheny College Meadville Pennsylvania
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- Department of Chemistry Allegheny College Meadville Pennsylvania
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Phan TNT, Issa S, Gigmes D. Poly(ethylene oxide)-based block copolymer electrolytes for lithium metal batteries. POLYM INT 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/pi.5677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Trang NT Phan
- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Institut de Chimie Radicalaire UMR 7273; Marseille France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Institut de Chimie Radicalaire UMR 7273; Marseille France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Institut de Chimie Radicalaire UMR 7273; Marseille France
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Single Ion Conducting Blend Polymer Electrolytes Based on LiPAAOB and PPEGMA. J Inorg Organomet Polym Mater 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s10904-018-0805-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Zhai C, Zhou H, Gao T, Zhao L, Lin S. Electrostatically Tuned Microdomain Morphology and Phase-Dependent Ion Transport Anisotropy in Single-Ion Conducting Block Copolyelectrolytes. Macromolecules 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b00451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Chenxi Zhai
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering Program, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering Program, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, United States
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- Key Laboratory of Energy Thermal Conversion and Control of Ministry of Education, School of Energy & Environment, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210096, China
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- Key Laboratory of Energy Thermal Conversion and Control of Ministry of Education, School of Energy & Environment, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210096, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering Program, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, United States
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Devaux D, Liénafa L, Beaudoin E, Maria S, Phan TN, Gigmes D, Giroud E, Davidson P, Bouchet R. Comparison of single-ion-conductor block-copolymer electrolytes with Polystyrene-TFSI and Polymethacrylate-TFSI structural blocks. Electrochim Acta 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2018.02.142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Ma B, Nguyen TD, Pryamitsyn VA, Olvera de la Cruz M. Ionic Correlations in Random Ionomers. ACS NANO 2018; 12:2311-2318. [PMID: 29493221 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b07432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Understanding the electrostatic interactions in ion-containing polymers is crucial to better design shape memory polymers and ion-conducting membranes for multiple energy storage and conversion applications. In molten polymers, the dielectric permittivity is low, generating strong ionic correlations that lead to clustering of the charges. Here, we investigate the influence of electrostatic interactions on the nanostructure of randomly charged polymers (ionomers) using coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations. Densely packed branched structures rich in charged species are found as the strength of the electrostatic interactions increases. Polydispersity in charge fraction and composition combined with ion correlations leads to percolated nanostructures with long-range fluctuations. We identify the percolation point at which the ionic branched nanostructures percolate and offer a rigorous investigation of the statistics of the shape of the aggregates. The extra degree of freedom introduced by the charge polydispersity leads to bicontinuous structures with a broad range of compositions, similar to neutral A-B random copolymers, as well as to desirable percolated ionic structure in randomly charged-neutral diblock copolymers. These findings provide insight into the design of conducting and robust nanostructures in ion-containing polymers.
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Truong PV, Shingleton S, Kammoun M, Black RL, Charendoff M, Willis C, Ardebili H, Stein GE. Structure and Properties of Sulfonated Pentablock Terpolymer Films as a Function of Wet–Dry Cycles. Macromolecules 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b00194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Kraton Performance
Polymers, Inc., 16400 Park Row, Houston, Texas 77084, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Kraton Performance
Polymers, Inc., 16400 Park Row, Houston, Texas 77084, United States
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- Kraton Performance
Polymers, Inc., 16400 Park Row, Houston, Texas 77084, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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Jang HK, Jung BM, Choi UH, Lee SB. Ion Conduction and Viscoelastic Response of Epoxy-Based Solid Polymer Electrolytes Containing Solvating Plastic Crystal Plasticizer. MACROMOL CHEM PHYS 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/macp.201700514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Hye Kyeong Jang
- Functional Composites Department; Korea Institute of Materials Science; Changwon 51508 South Korea
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- Functional Composites Department; Korea Institute of Materials Science; Changwon 51508 South Korea
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- Department of Polymer Engineering; Pukyong National University; Busan 48547 South Korea
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- Functional Composites Department; Korea Institute of Materials Science; Changwon 51508 South Korea
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Lyu YF, Zhang ZJ, Liu C, Geng Z, Gao LC, Chen Q. Random binary brush architecture enhances both ionic conductivity and mechanical strength at room temperature. CHINESE JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s10118-018-2016-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Weber RL, Mahanthappa MK. Thiol-ene synthesis and characterization of lithium bis(malonato)borate single-ion conducting gel polymer electrolytes. SOFT MATTER 2017; 13:7633-7643. [PMID: 28984326 DOI: 10.1039/c7sm01738c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The development of high capacity anodes and high voltage cathodes for advanced lithium-ion batteries motivates the search for new polymer electrolytes that exhibit superior electrochemical stabilities and high ionic conductivities. We report a convenient, three-step synthesis of lithium bis(non-8-enyl-malonato)borate (LiBNMB) as a α,ω-diene monomer, which undergoes thermally initiated thiol-ene crosslinking polymerizations in propylene carbonate to yield gel polymer electrolytes with high lithium ion concentrations (∼0.9 M). By conducting these crosslinking polymerizations using mixtures of di- and tri-thiols and LiBNMB with [thiol] : [ene] = 1 : 1, we synthesized a series of gel networks with dynamic elastic moduli ranging from G' = 40-79 kPa that increase monotonically with trifunctional crosslinker content. While ionic conductivities for these polymer gels measured by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy at 22 °C are σ = 0.82-2.5 × 10-6 S cm-1, we show that the conductivity of propylene carbonate-solvated lithium ions though the bulk of these gel electrolytes is 8.5 × 10-5 S cm-1 independent of crosslinker density. However, the conductivities of the gel interfaces depend sensitively on crosslinker content, suggesting the importance of segmental rearrangement dynamics at the electrode interface in limiting the rate of ion motion. Thus, the design of highly conductive polymer electrolytes for advanced batteries demands careful design of both the internal and interfacial properties of these new materials.
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- Ryan L Weber
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Ave., Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Rojas AA, Thakker K, McEntush KD, Inceoglu S, Stone GM, Balsara NP. Dependence of Morphology, Shear Modulus, and Conductivity on the Composition of Lithiated and Magnesiated Single-Ion-Conducting Block Copolymer Electrolytes. Macromolecules 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.7b01686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Adriana A. Rojas
- Chemical
and Biomolecular Engineering Department, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Chemical
and Biomolecular Engineering Department, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Chemical
and Biomolecular Engineering Department, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Malvern
Instruments
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- Chemical
and Biomolecular Engineering Department, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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