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Thermal safety and performances analysis of gel polymer electrolytes synthesized by in situ polymerization for Li-ion battery

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This work obtained gel polymer electrolytes (GPEs) via in situ polymerization of methyl methacrylate (MMA) in the environment of lithium bis(trifluoromethane sulfonyl)imide (LiTFSI) and N-methyl-N-propylpyrrolidinium bis(trifluoromethane sulfonyl)amide (Py13TFSI). The thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and the differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) determined the non-isothermal decomposition of Py13TFSI/LiTFSI/PMMA polymer electrolyte for Li-ion battery. TGA, DSC, and the infrared graph analyzed thermodynamic properties, and the results showed the addition of Py13TFSI significantly improved the thermostability of electrolytes. Flynn-Wall-Ozawa (Ozawa), Kissinger-Akahira-Sunose (KAS), and Friedman methods applied for kinetics characteristics to activation energy (Ea) and pre-exponential factor (A). The Ea value from Ozawa and KAS methods was 208.478 kJ mol−1 and 207.423 kJ mol−1, respectively.

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    Libo Li, Ming Xie, Yanping Xu, Jia Li, Yuhang Shan, Yangmingyue Zhao, Da Zhou, Xiaochuan Chen & Wenjun Cui

  2. Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX, 78539-2999, USA

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α as a function of T (K) obtained from TG curves at different heating rates(Table S1), the chart of logβ versus 1000/T for Ozawa method (Table S2) and the chart of ln(β/T2) versus1000/T for KAS method (Table S3) (PDF).

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Li, L., Xie, M., Zhang, Y. et al. Thermal safety and performances analysis of gel polymer electrolytes synthesized by in situ polymerization for Li-ion battery. J Solid State Electrochem 25, 2021–2032 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-021-04965-3

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