Solid polymer electrolytes based on crosslinkable polyoctahedral silsesquioxanes (POSS) for room temperature lithium polymer batteries

  • Jun Young Lee
  • , Yong Min Lee
  • , Bhaskar Bhattacharya
  • , Young Chang Nho
  • , Jung Ki Park

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Abstract

Solid polymer electrolytes (SPE), based on polyoctahedral silsesquioxanes (POSS) as a crosslinking agent, were prepared by radical polymerization. The ionic conductivity is greatly enhanced by introduction of crosslinkable POSS with multifunctional groups. The SPE prepared with 5 wt.% crosslinking agent shows an ionic conductivity of 5.3×10 -4 S cm -1 at room temperature. The content of nonvolatile plasticizer, poly(ethylene glycol) dimethyl ether, in the SPE, could be raised to 95 wt.% without any leakage. The SPE is found to be electrochemically stable up to 5.3 V. Lithium polymer cell consisting of Li/SPE/LiCoO 2 exhibits 80% of initial discharge capacity even at the rate of 0.1 C at room temperature after 20 cycles, which is a substantial improvement for practical consideration of lithium polymer batteries at room temperature.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1445-1449
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Solid State Electrochemistry
Volume14
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2010

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was performed with the financial support of the Nuclear R&D Program and the Brain Korea project under the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Republic of Korea, and also, it was supported by a grant from the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation grant (WCU program, 31-2008-000-10055-0) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Republic of Korea.

Keywords

  • Crosslinking agent
  • Electrochemical stability
  • Ionic conductivity
  • Lithium polymer batteries
  • Solid polymer electrolyte

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