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 …

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 …

Sequence control from mixtures: switchable polymerization catalysis and future materials applications

AC Deacy, GL Gregory, GS Sulley… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
There is an ever-increasing demand for higher-performing polymeric materials
counterbalanced by the need for sustainability throughout the life cycle. Copolymers …

Double‐layer polymer electrolyte for high‐voltage all‐solid‐state rechargeable batteries

W Zhou, Z Wang, Y Pu, Y Li, S **n, X Li… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
No single polymer or liquid electrolyte has a large enough energy gap between the empty
and occupied electronic states for both dendrite‐free plating of a lithium‐metal anode and a …

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 …

Buffering Volume Change in Solid-State Battery Composite Cathodes with CO2-Derived Block Polycarbonate Ethers

GL Gregory, H Gao, B Liu, X Gao, GJ Rees… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Polymers designed with a specific combination of electrochemical, mechanical, and
chemical properties could help overcome challenges limiting practical all-solid-state …

Chemistry-informed machine learning for polymer electrolyte discovery

G Bradford, J Lopez, J Ruza, MA Stolberg… - ACS Central …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Solid polymer electrolytes (SPEs) have the potential to improve lithium-ion batteries by
enhancing safety and enabling higher energy densities. However, SPEs suffer from …

Negative transference numbers in poly (ethylene oxide)-based electrolytes

DM Pesko, K Timachova, R Bhattacharya… - Journal of The …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The performance of battery electrolytes depends on three independent transport properties:
ionic conductivity, diffusion coefficient, and transference number. While rigorous …

A review on ion transport pathways and coordination chemistry between ions and electrolytes in energy storage devices

AE Gerdroodbar, H Alihemmati… - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
The design and construction of energy storage systems, such as batteries and
supercapacitors, represent one of the most pioneering research domains in scientific …

Designing polymer electrolytes for safe and high capacity rechargeable lithium batteries

TF Miller III, ZG Wang, GW Coates… - Accounts of chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The development of solid polymer electrolytes for lithium battery applications is a challenge
of profound technological significance. We have established a collaboration with the aim of …