Block copolymer derived uniform mesopores enable ultrafast electron and ion transport at high mass loadings

T Liu, Z Zhou, Y Guo, D Guo, G Liu - Nature Communications, 2019 - nature.com
High mass loading and fast charge transport are two crucial but often mutually exclusive
characteristics of pseudocapacitors. On conventional carbon supports, high mass loadings …

Block copolymer–based porous carbon fibers

Z Zhou, T Liu, AU Khan, G Liu - Science advances, 2019 - science.org
Carbon fibers have high surface areas and rich functionalities for interacting with ions,
molecules, and particles. However, the control over their porosity remains challenging …

Block copolymers for supercapacitors, dielectric capacitors and batteries

T Liu, G Liu - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Block copolymer-based energy storage emerges as an active interdisciplinary research
field. This topical review presents a survey of the recent advances in block copolymers for …

Carbon Fiber Film with Multi‐Hollow Channels to Expedite Oxygen Electrocatalytic Reaction Kinetics for Flexible Zn–Air Battery

T Li, Y Liu, Y Huang, L Zhang, Z Chen, W Yang, G Shi… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The high oxygen electrocatalytic overpotential of flexible cathodes due to sluggish reaction
kinetics result in low energy conversion efficiency of wearable zinc–air batteries (ZABs) …

Vitrimers: using dynamic associative bonds to control viscoelasticity, assembly, and functionality in polymer networks

L Porath, B Soman, BB **g, CM Evans - ACS Macro Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
Vitrimers have been investigated in the past decade for their promise as recyclable,
reprocessable, and self-healing materials. In this Viewpoint, we focus on some of the key …

Versatile functionalization of polymeric soft materials by implanting various types of dynamic cross-links

M Hayashi - Polymer Journal, 2021 - nature.com
The present focus review describes functionalization methods for polymeric materials based
on the use of various types of cross-links, such as supramolecular cross-links, photocross …

Mechanical and structural consequences of associative dynamic cross-linking in acrylic diblock copolymers

JSA Ishibashi, IC Pierce, AB Chang, A Zografos… - …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The composition of low-T gn-butylacrylate-block-(acetoxyaceto) ethyl acrylate block
polymers is investigated as a strategy to tune the properties of dynamically cross-linked …

Evolution of morphology, modulus, and conductivity in polymer electrolytes prepared via polymerization-induced phase separation

LD McIntosh, MW Schulze, MT Irwin, MA Hillmyer… - …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Polymer electrolytes are alternatives to liquid electrolytes traditionally used in
electrochemical devices such as lithium-ion batteries and fuel cells. In particular, block …

Cross-linked block copolymer/ionic liquid self-assembled blends for polymer gel electrolytes with high ionic conductivity and mechanical strength

DF Miranda, C Versek, MT Tuominen, TP Russell… - …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Poly (propylene oxide)–poly (ethylene oxide)–poly (propylene oxide)(PPO–PEO–PPO)
block copolymers (BCPs) with cross-linkable end groups were synthesized, blended with an …

Porous carbon nanofiber flexible membranes via a bottlebrush copolymer template for enhanced high-performance supercapacitors

Y Zhao, B Huang, Y Ji, Y Yu, X Gao… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We report a method to construct ordered hierarchical porous structures in carbon nanofiber
membranes using poly (ethylene oxide)-block-polydimethylsiloxane bottlebrush block …