Towards functionalized lignin and its derivatives for high-value material applications

X Yu, B Yang, W Zhu, T Deng, Y Pu… - Industrial Crops and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In pursuit of low-carbon development, the production of diverse functional materials from
renewable resources, especially lignocellulosic biomass, is of vital importance. Lignin is a …

Molecular polymer bottlebrushes in nanomedicine: therapeutic and diagnostic applications

M Müllner - Chemical Communications, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Molecular polymer bottlebrushes are densely grafted, individual macromolecules with
nanoscale proportions. The last decade has seen an increased focus on this material class …

Enhancing the Reaction Kinetics and Reversibility of Li–O2 Batteries by Multifunctional Polymer Additive

X Wu, B Niu, H Zhang, Z Li, H Luo… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As a potential candidate for next‐generation energy storage systems, Li–O2 batteries
(LOBs) with their attractive theoretical energy density have triggered great interest. However …

Helical peptide structure improves conductivity and stability of solid electrolytes

Y Chen, T Xue, C Chen, S Jang, PV Braun, J Cheng… - Nature Materials, 2024 - nature.com
Ion transport is essential to energy storage, cellular signalling and desalination. Polymers
have been explored for decades as solid-state electrolytes by either adding salt to polar …

Novel quasi-solid-state composite electrolytes boost interfacial Li+ transport for long-cycling and dendrite-free lithium metal batteries

Y Cui, D Miao, G Yu, M Zhou, R Liu, S Liu… - Energy Storage Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Solid-state composite electrolytes (SCEs) have received wide attention due to their
advantages of both solid-state polymer electrolytes and inorganic ceramic electrolytes …

Synergetic effects of silica-coated silver nanowires in composite single-ion conducting polymer electrolytes for lithium metal batteries

H Gan, Y Zhang, S Li, W Zhu, J Wang, Z Xue - Journal of Power Sources, 2022 - Elsevier
We report the gel-state single-ion conducting composite polymer membranes (CPMs)
electrolytes, which are composed of poly (vinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene)(PVDF …

Cationic bottlebrush brush polymers via sequential SI‐ROMP and SI‐ARGET‐ATRP

J Poisson, CJ Christopherson… - Polymer …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Here we describe a facile approach to preparing cationic bottlebrush brush polymers via
sequential surface‐initiated (SI) ring‐opening metathesis polymerization and SI activators …

Synthesis, structural and conductive properties of Nd doped garnet-type Li7La3Zr2O12 Li-ion conductor

S Saran, YR Eker - Current Applied Physics, 2022 - Elsevier
Garnet type solid electrolyte Li 7 La 3 Zr 2 O 12 (LLZO) is the most promising candidate
among solid electrolytes for all solid state Li batteries. In this work, small amount of Nd …

Nano-structured Li1. 3Al0. 3Ti1. 7 (PO4) 3 coated LiCoO2 enabling compatible interface with ultrathin garnet-based solid electrolyte for stable Li metal battery

Q Sun, X Chen, J **e, C Huang, X Xu, J Tu, C Shen… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Garnet-type Li 7 La 3 Zr 2 O 12 (LLZO) ceramics has been considered as an ideal
solid-state electrolyte for Li metal cells because of its high ionic conductivity and relatively …

Recent Advances in Environmentally Friendly Dual‐crosslinking Polymer Networks

M Zhang, W Choi, M Kim, J Choi, X Zang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Environmentally friendly crosslinked polymer networks feature degradable covalent or non‐
covalent bonds, with many of them manifesting dynamic characteristics. These attributes …