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 …

Bottlebrush polymers: From controlled synthesis, self-assembly, properties to applications

Z Li, M Tang, S Liang, M Zhang, GM Biesold… - Progress in Polymer …, 2021 - Elsevier
Bottlebrush polymers (BBPs) have emerged as intriguing class of materials for an array of
applications, including supersoft elastomers, organic optoelectronics, templates for crafting …

Non-flammable solvent-free liquid polymer electrolyte for lithium metal batteries

GR Zhu, Q Zhang, QS Liu, QY Bai, YZ Quan… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
As a replacement for highly flammable and volatile organic liquid electrolyte, solid polymer
electrolyte shows attractive practical prospect in high-energy lithium metal batteries …

Role of Bicontinuous Structure in Elastomeric Electrolytes for High‐Energy Solid‐State Lithium‐Metal Batteries

J Han, MJ Lee, K Lee, YJ Lee, SH Kwon… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Solid‐state lithium (Li)‐metal batteries (LMBs) are garnering attention as a next‐
generation battery technology that can surpass conventional Li‐ion batteries in terms of …

50th Anniversary Perspective: Block PolymersPure Potential

CM Bates, FS Bates - Macromolecules, 2017 - ACS Publications
Block polymers have undergone extraordinary evolution since their inception more than 60
years ago, maturing from simple surfactants to an expansive class of macromolecules …

Block copolymer electrolytes for lithium metal batteries: Strategies to boost both ionic conductivity and mechanical strength

T Wang, L Zhong, M Xiao, D Han, S Wang… - Progress in Polymer …, 2023 - Elsevier
The mechanically hard phase and ionically conductive phase endow suitably designed
block copolymer electrolytes (BCPEs) with the “Janus” property, thus providing the …

Chameleon-like elastomers with molecularly encoded strain-adaptive stiffening and coloration

M Vatankhah-Varnosfaderani, AN Keith, Y Cong… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Active camouflage is widely recognized as a soft-tissue feature, and yet the ability to
integrate adaptive coloration and tissuelike mechanical properties into synthetic materials …

Single-ion conducting polymer electrolytes as a key jigsaw piece for next-generation battery applications

J Gao, C Wang, DW Han, DM Shin - Chemical science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
As lithium-ion batteries have been the state-of-the-art electrochemical energy storage
technology, the overwhelming demand for energy storage on a larger scale has triggered …

Cross-linking network based on Poly (ethylene oxide): Solid polymer electrolyte for room temperature lithium battery

Y Zhang, W Lu, L Cong, J Liu, L Sun, A Mauger… - Journal of Power …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this paper, we develop a facile UV-derived in-situ dual-reaction to prepare a flexible poly
(ethylene oxide)(PEO)-based solid polymer electrolyte (SPE), which is applied for ambient …

Structure code for advanced polymer electrolyte in lithium‐ion batteries

J Wang, S Li, Q Zhao, C Song… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past decade, lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs) have been widely applied in consumer
electronics and electric vehicles. Polymer electrolytes (PEs) play an essential role in LIBs …