Designing solvate ionogel electrolytes with very high room-temperature conductivity and lithium transference number

Hubble, Dion; Qin, Jiaxu; Lin, Francis; Murphy, Ian A.; Jang, Sei -Hum; Yang, Jihui; Jen, Alex K. -Y.

doi:10.1039/c8ta08808j

Title: Designing solvate ionogel electrolytes with very high room-temperature conductivity and lithium transference number

Journal Article · 21 November 2018 · Journal of Materials Chemistry. A

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/c8ta08808j · OSTI ID:1491354

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Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States); University of Washington
Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States); City Univ. of Hong Kong, Kowloon (Hong Kong)

Here, free-standing electrolytes based on Li(G4)TFSI and chemically-crosslinked poly(ethylene glycol), as well as functional co-monomers and/or small amounts of volatile diluent, are demonstrated to reach very high room-temperature ionic conductivities (>2 × 10^–3 S cm^–1) and electrochemically-measured lithium transference numbers (>0.5). An unexpected dependence of properties on polymer length/crosslinking is observed and explained in terms of competing Li⁺ transport processes. These electrolytes enable lithium symmetric cells to cycle >600 h at low overpotential and without dendrite growth. Future optimization routes are also discussed.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Vehicle Technologies Office (EE-3V)

Grant/Contract Number:: EE0007791

OSTI ID:: 1491354

Journal Information:: Journal of Materials Chemistry. A, Journal Name: Journal of Materials Chemistry. A Journal Issue: 47 Vol. 6; ISSN JMCAET; ISSN 2050-7488

Publisher:: Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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