Block copolymers as (single-ion conducting) lithium battery electrolytes

A Mayer, D Steinle, S Passerini, D Bresser - Nanotechnology, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
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 …

Poly (ether–thioethers) by thiol–ene click and their oxidized analogues as lithium polymer electrolytes

JM Sarapas, GN Tew - Macromolecules, 2016 - ACS Publications
A family of nine poly (ether–thioethers)(PETEs) were synthesized by the radical coupling of
a dithiol and a divinyl ether to investigate the importance of organo-sulfur incorporation in …

Phase behavior of mixtures of block copolymers and a lithium salt

WS Loo, MD Galluzzo, X Li, JA Maslyn… - The Journal of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
We present experimental results on the phase behavior of block copolymer/salt mixtures
over a wide range of copolymer compositions, molecular weights, and salt concentrations …

Influence of Ionic Species on the Microphase Separation Behavior of PCL-b-PEO/Salt Hybrids

J Huang, RY Wang, ZZ Tong, JT Xu, ZQ Fan - Macromolecules, 2014 - ACS Publications
The microphase separation behavior of the hybrids of poly (ε-caprolactone)-b-poly (ethylene
oxide)(PCL-b-PEO) with different inorganic salts at various do** ratios (r) was studied by …

Lithium Salt Distribution and Thermodynamics in Electrolytes Based on Short Perfluoropolyether-block-Poly(ethylene oxide) Copolymers

M Chintapalli, K Timachova, KR Olson… - …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Wide-angle X-ray scattering (WAXS) was used to study the distribution of salt in short-chain
disordered block copolymer electrolytes with concentration fluctuations on the length scale …

Speckle-visibility spectroscopy of depolarized dynamic light scattering

D Bossert, J Natterodt, DA Urban… - The Journal of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
We show that the statistical analysis of photon counts in depolarized dynamic light scattering
experiments allows for the accurate characterization of the rotational Brownian dynamics of …

Phase behavior and Li+ Ion conductivity of styrene‐ethylene oxide multiblock copolymer electrolytes

JM Sarapas, K Saijo, Y Zhao… - Polymers for …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Solid polymer electrolytes are attractive materials for use as battery separators. Here, a
molecular weight series of polystyrene–polyethylene oxide (PEO) multiblock copolymers …

Exponential vs Gaussian Correlation Functions in the Characterization of Block Copolymer Grain Structure by Depolarized Light Scattering

X Wang, JL Thelen, X Li, NP Balsara… - Macromolecules, 2023 - ACS Publications
Block copolymer (BCP) grain structure affects the mechanical, optical, and electrical
properties of BCP materials, making the accurate characterization of this grain structure an …

Characterization of a block copolymer with a wide distribution of grain sizes

X Wang, M Chintapalli, MC Newstein… - …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Block copolymer/lithium salt mixtures are an emerging class of lithium battery electrolytes.
Previous studies have shown that the ionic conductivity of these materials is a sensitive …

Depolarized Scattering from Block Copolymer Grains Using Circularly Polarized Light

X Wang, X Li, W Loo, MC Newstein, NP Balsara… - …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The grain structure of ordered block copolymer materials affects their viscoelastic, adhesive,
optical, and electrical properties. Depolarized light scattering has proven to be an important …