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Development of aluminosilicate polyelectrolytes for solid-state battery applications

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OSTI ID:162920
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  1. Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
  2. Basic Industrial Research Lab., Evanston, IL (United States)

The authors have synthesized and characterized a range of novel polyelectrolytes containing weakly basic aluminosilicate anions in the polymer backbone in order to achieve t{sub +} = 1 and high ionic mobility. Room-temperature conductivity is observed to increase in the series: [NaAl(OEOMe){sub 2} ((OE){sub x}O){sub 2/2}]{sub n} < [NaAl(OR){sub 2}(OSiMe{sub 2}(CH{sub 2}){sub 3}(OE){sub x}O(CH{sub 2}){sub 3}SiMe{sub 2}O){sub 2/2}]{sub n} < [NaAl(OSiR{sub 3})(OSiMe{sub 2}(CH{sub 2}){sub 3}(OE){sub x}O(CH{sub 2}){sub 3}SiMe{sub 2}O){sub 3/2}]{sub n}. This trend is ascribed to reduced ion pairing due to decreasing anion basicity, and lowered T{sub g} resulting from increasing siloxy character. The addition of cryptang [2.2.2] increases conductivity by 1--1.5 orders of magnitude. A maximum room-temperature conductivity is observed at a ratio of {approx}10 etheric oxygens/cation. Related lithium polymer electrolytes were evaluated in mechanically joined solid state Li{vert_bar}PE{vert_bar}[Li{sub x}Mn{sub 2}O{sub 4}-C-PE] cells.

OSTI ID:
162920
Report Number(s):
CONF-950412--; ISBN 1-55899-296-0
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English