Progress in solid polymer electrolytes for lithium‐ion batteries and beyond

Y An, X Han, Y Liu, A Azhar, J Na, AK Nanjundan… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Solid‐state polymer electrolytes (SPEs) for high electrochemical performance lithium‐ion
batteries have received considerable attention due to their unique characteristics; they are …

Designing polymers for advanced battery chemistries

J Lopez, DG Mackanic, Y Cui, Z Bao - Nature Reviews Materials, 2019 - nature.com
Electrochemical energy storage devices are becoming increasingly important to our global
society, and polymer materials are key components of these devices. As the demand for …

Thiol‐branched solid polymer electrolyte featuring high strength, toughness, and lithium ionic conductivity for lithium‐metal batteries

H Wang, Q Wang, X Cao, Y He, K Wu… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Lithium‐metal batteries (LMBs) with high energy densities are highly desirable for energy
storage, but generally suffer from dendrite growth and side reactions in liquid electrolytes; …

Perspectives for polymer electrolytes: a view from fundamentals of ionic conductivity

V Bocharova, AP Sokolov - Macromolecules, 2020 - ACS Publications
We present a brief overview of current developments in the field of polymer electrolytes, with
the focus on single-ion conducting polymers. The latter have significant advantages relative …

Beyond PEO—Alternative host materials for Li+-conducting solid polymer electrolytes

J Mindemark, MJ Lacey, T Bowden… - Progress in Polymer …, 2018 - Elsevier
The bulk of the scientific literature on Li-conducting solid (solvent-free) polymer electrolytes
(SPEs) for applications such as Li-based batteries is focused on polyether-based materials …

Decoupling of mechanical properties and ionic conductivity in supramolecular lithium ion conductors

DG Mackanic, X Yan, Q Zhang, N Matsuhisa… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The emergence of wearable electronics puts batteries closer to the human skin,
exacerbating the need for battery materials that are robust, highly ionically conductive, and …

Design of polymeric zwitterionic solid electrolytes with superionic lithium transport

SD Jones, H Nguyen, PM Richardson… - ACS Central …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Progress toward durable and energy-dense lithium-ion batteries has been hindered by
instabilities at electrolyte–electrode interfaces, leading to poor cycling stability, and by safety …

Solution-processable covalent organic framework electrolytes for all-solid-state Li–organic batteries

X Li, Q Hou, W Huang, HS Xu, X Wang, W Yu… - ACS Energy …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Solid electrolytes (SEs) are milestones in the technology roadmaps for safe and high energy
density batteries. The design of organic SEs is challenged by the need to have dynamic …

Function-oriented synthesis of two-dimensional (2D) covalent organic frameworks–from 3D solids to 2D sheets

X Li, P Yadav, KP Loh - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are constructed from the precise integration of small
organic blocks into an extended, porous framework via covalent linkages. COFs can also be …

Catalyst-free dynamic networks for recyclable, self-healing solid polymer electrolytes

BB Jing, CM Evans - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019 - ACS Publications
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 …