Effect of Lithium-Ion Concentration on Morphology and Ion Transport in Single-Ion-Conducting Block Copolymer Electrolytes

Rojas, Adriana A.; Inceoglu, Sebnem; Mackay, Nikolaus G.; Thelen, Jacob L.; Devaux, Didier; Stone, Gregory M.; Balsara, Nitash P.

doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.5b01193

Effect of Lithium-Ion Concentration on Morphology and Ion Transport in Single-Ion-Conducting Block Copolymer Electrolytes

Journal Article · Fri Sep 04 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Macromolecules

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.5b01193· OSTI ID:1513786

Rojas, Adriana A. ^[1]; Inceoglu, Sebnem ^[2]; Mackay, Nikolaus G. ^[3]; Thelen, Jacob L. ^[1]; Devaux, Didier ^[2]; Stone, Gregory M. ^[4]; Balsara, Nitash P. ^[1]

Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
Malvern Instruments Inc., Westborough, MA (United States)

Single-ion-conducting polymers are ideal electrolytes for rechargeable lithium batteries as they eliminate salt concentration gradients and concomitant concentration overpotentials during battery cycling. Here in this paper, we study the ionic conductivity and morphology of poly(ethylene oxide)-b-poly(styrenesulfonyllithium(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide) (PEO-b-PSLiTFSI) block copolymers with no added salt using ac impedance spectroscopy and small-angle X-ray scattering. The PEO molecular weight was held fixed at 5.0 kg mol^-1, and that of PSLiTFSI was varied from 2.0 to 7.5 kg mol^-1. The lithium ion concentration and block copolymer composition are intimately coupled in this system. At low temperatures, copolymers with PSLiTFSI block molecular weights ≤4.0 kg mol^-1 exhibited microphase separation with crystalline PEO-rich microphases and lithium ions trapped in the form of ionic clusters in the glassy PSLiTFSI-rich microphases. At temperatures above the melting temperature of the PEO microphase, the lithium ions were released from the clusters, and a homogeneous disordered morphology was obtained. The ionic conductivity increased abruptly by several orders of magnitude at this transition. Block copolymers with PSLiTFSI block molecular weights ≥5.4 kg mol^-1 were disordered at all temperatures, and the ionic conductivity was a smooth function of temperature. The transference numbers of these copolymers varied from 0.87 to 0.99. The relationship between ion transport and molecular structure in single-ion-conducting block copolymer electrolytes is qualitatively different from the well-studied case of block copolymers with added salt.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1513786

Journal Information:: Macromolecules, Journal Name: Macromolecules Journal Issue: 18 Vol. 48; ISSN 0024-9297

Publisher:: American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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