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ε-Caprolactone-based solid polymer electrolytes for lithium-ion batteries: synthesis, electrochemical characterization and mechanical stabilization by block copolymerization

In this work, three types of polymers based on ε-caprolactone have been synthesized: poly(ε-caprolactone), polystyrene-poly(ε-caprolactone), and polystyrene-poly(ε-caprolactone-r-trimethylene carbonate) (SCT), where the polystyrene block was introduced to improve the electrochemical and mechanical p...

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Autores principales: Bergfelt, Andreas, Lacey, Matthew J., Hedman, Jonas, Sångeland, Christofer, Brandell, Daniel, Bowden, Tim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society of Chemistry 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9082565/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35540521
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c8ra00377g
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Sumario:In this work, three types of polymers based on ε-caprolactone have been synthesized: poly(ε-caprolactone), polystyrene-poly(ε-caprolactone), and polystyrene-poly(ε-caprolactone-r-trimethylene carbonate) (SCT), where the polystyrene block was introduced to improve the electrochemical and mechanical performance of the material. Solid polymer electrolytes (SPEs) were produced by blending the polymers with 10–40 wt% lithium bis(trifluoromethane)sulfonimide (LiTFSI). Battery devices were thereafter constructed to evaluate the cycling performance. The best performing battery half-cell utilized an SPE consisting of SCT and 17 wt% LiTFSI as both binder and electrolyte; a Li|SPE|LiFePO(4) cell that cycled at 40 °C gave a discharge capacity of about 140 mA h g(−1) at C/5 for 100 cycles, which was superior to the other investigated electrolytes. Dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) showed that the storage modulus E’ was about 5 MPa for this electrolyte.