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Electrochemical performances of a new solid composite polymer electrolyte based on hyperbranched star polymer and ionic liquid for lithium-ion batteries

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A new composite polymer electrolyte membrane composed of hyperbranched star polymers (HBPS-(PMMA-b-PPEGMA)30 (the hyperbranched star polymer with hyperbranched polystyrene as core and polymethyl methacrylate block poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate) as arms)), ionic liquid (1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (BMImBF4) or 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate (BMImPF6)), and lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl) imide (LiTFSI) has been fabricated by solution casting method. This type of solid polymer electrolyte membrane shows an excellent flexibility, transparency, and free-standing properties. Room temperature ionic conductivity of composite electrolytes with 40 wt% BMImBF4 or 40 wt% BMImPF6 can reach 2.5 × 10−4 and 4.1 × 10−5 S cm−1, respectively. The HBPS-(PMMA-b-PPEGMA)30/BMImPF6/LiTFSI (the composite polymer electrolyte with 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate) composite polymer electrolyte displays better performances including a good thermal stability with decomposition temperature of 350 °C, a wide electrochemical window with oxidation potential of 4.3 V, and the excellent interfacial compatibility with lithium electrode. Moreover, the Li/LiFePO4 batteries based on HBPS-(PMMA-b-PPEGMA)30/BMImPF6/LiTFSI electrolyte retain about 96% of their highest discharge capacity (120.5 mAh g−1) after 100 cycles under a current density of 0.1 C at 60 °C, exhibiting the excellent reversible cyclability.

The free-standing composite electrolyte films composed of ionic liquids, hyperbranched star polymers and lithium salts show the high ionic conductivities.

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The authors express thanks for the supports of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51073170) and Innovation Program of CAS Combination of Molecular Science and Education.

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    Ailian Wang, Hao Xu, Qian Zhou, Xu Liu & Liaoyun Zhang

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    Zhengyao Li, Rui Gao & Xiangfeng Liu

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Wang, A., Xu, H., Zhou, Q. et al. Electrochemical performances of a new solid composite polymer electrolyte based on hyperbranched star polymer and ionic liquid for lithium-ion batteries. J Solid State Electrochem 21, 2355–2364 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-017-3582-7

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