Polymer based electrolytes allow the absence of volatile components in batteries thus increasing their safety. Yet, they exhibit drawbacks based on their low conductivity. We have used an alternating polymer consisting of dimethyl siloxane (DMS) and ethylene glycol (EG) blocks to circumvent known disadvantages of the usually used polyethylene glycol (PEG). Incorporating dimethyl siloxane lowers the glass-transition temperature and thus reduces the segmental relaxation time, by dynamic asymmetry or internal plasticization of the constituting polymer blocks. The alternating structure ensures miscibility of the different components and hinders crystallization. Furthermore, the pure polymer, P(DMS3-alt-EG4), shows a segmental relaxation time well in the range needed for polymer electrolytes. Mixtures of LiClO4 and P(DMS3-alt-EG4) show a drastically reduced temperature dependence of their DC conductivity in comparison to PEG based systems, resulting in an increase by two orders of magnitude at T = 5 °C and even three to four orders of magnitude at T = 0 °C. Addition of coordinating (acetonitrile) or non-coordinating (toluene) solvent increases conductivity either via additional plasticization or by weakening the Li-binding yet looking at the dynamics at low concentrations of additional solvent the mobility of the polymer is reduced. The solvent addition leads only at higher solvent concentration to a reduction in relaxation time.
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Bruno Jakobi
Karin Bichler
Alice Klapproth
Soft Matter
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Louisiana State University
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
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www.synapsesocial.com/papers/69a75afbc6e9836116a2183d — DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/d5sm01160d
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