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A new strategy for enhancing the room temperature conductivity of solid-state electrolyte by using a polymeric ionic liquid

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An ether-functionalized polymeric ionic liquid poly(methyl methacrylate-1-vinyl-3-methoxyl-ethyl-imidazolium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide) P(MMA-co-VIm(1O2)) (TFSI) polymeric ionic liquid (PIL) was successfully synthesized, characterized, and used as polymer matrix. The performances of solid polymer electrolytes membrane were measured through blending with poly(vinylidene fluoride-cohexafluoropropylene) (PVDF-HFP) and 1-propyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl) imide ([Pyr13][TFSI]). The ionic conductivity of polymer electrolytes was optimized up to 5.10 × 10−4 S cm−1 at 25 °C, and a wide electrochemical window of 5.23 V vs Li/Li+ could be obtained. Moreover, the polymer electrolytes showed excellent cycle performance for Li/LiFePO4 cell at both 25 °C and 60 °C, demonstrating the capability of being a promising candidate for the application of solid-state lithium-ion batteries.

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This work was supported financially by the National Key R&D Program of China (No. 2017YFB0102000), Science Fund for Creative Research Groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21921005), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51922099), Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences, CAS (QYZDY-SSW-JSC011).

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    Yifan Sha, Tao Dong, Qiu Zhao, Hongshuai Zheng, Xinge Wen, Shimou Chen & Suojiang Zhang

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Sha, Y., Dong, T., Zhao, Q. et al. A new strategy for enhancing the room temperature conductivity of solid-state electrolyte by using a polymeric ionic liquid. Ionics 26, 4803–4812 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-020-03638-x

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