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Robust and Highly Ion-Conducting Gel Polymer Electrolytes with Semi-Interpenetrating Polymer Network Structure

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Here we report gel polymer electrolytes (GPEs) formed by the film casting of the solution containing poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate (PEGMA) and trimethylolpropane ethoxylate triacrylate (ETPTA) with poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene (PVDF-HFP), followed by the thermal radical polymerization and liquid electrolyte absorption. The resulting GPEs show a semi-interpenetrating polymer network (SIPN) structure that provides film robustness which is investigated by morphological, structural, and electrochemical studies. Particularly, the GPE prepared by the composition of 98 mol% PEGMA and 2 mol% ETPTA in the presence of 40 wt% of PVDF-HFP (relative to total amount of PEGMA and ETPTA) manifests large ionic conductivity (1.46 × 10−3 S cm−1) and tensile strength (6.28 MPa at elongation at break of 156%) at a room temperature due to large uptake of the liquid electrolyte (up to 267%) and SIPN structure. We also verify that the GPE is electrochemically stable up to 4.7 V (vs. Li/L+), suggesting it holds the great promise of a polymer electrolyte membrane for energy storages such as rechargeable batteries or supercapacitors.

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This work was supported by the Materials and Components Technology Development Program (no. 10062226) funded by the Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy (MOTIE/KEIT, Korea) and the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIT) (NRF-2020M3H4A3105819).

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    Min Guk Gu, Eunseok Song & Sung-Kon Kim

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Gu, M.G., Song, E. & Kim, SK. Robust and Highly Ion-Conducting Gel Polymer Electrolytes with Semi-Interpenetrating Polymer Network Structure. Macromol. Res. 29, 211–216 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13233-021-9025-4

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