Polymerized ionic liquids with guanidinium cations as host for gel polymer electrolytes in lithium metal batteries

  • Mingtao Li
  • , Li Yang
  • , Shaohua Fang
  • , Siming Dong
  • , Shin Ichi Hirano
  • , Kazuhiro Tachibana

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Abstract

Polymerized ionic liquids (PILs) having guanidinium cations with different counter-anions, such as PF 6 - and N(CF 3SO 2) 2 - (TFSI -), were synthesized by copolymerization of a guanidinium ionic liquid monomer with methyl acrylate followed by an anion exchange reaction. Furthermore, incorporating a guanidinium ionic liquid, LiTFSI salt and nano-size SiO 2, a quaternary gel polymer electrolyte based on one of the PILs as the polymer host was prepared. The quaternary gel polymer electrolyte was chemically stable even at a higher temperature of 80 °C in contact with the lithium anode. In particular, the electrolyte exhibited high lithium ion conductivity, wide electrochemical stability window and good lithium stripping/plating performance. Li/LiFePO 4 batteries with the quaternary gel polymer electrolyte at 80 °C had capacities of 140 and 130 mA h g -1 respectively at 0.1 and 0.2 C current rates.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)259-264
Number of pages6
JournalPolymer International
Volume61
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2012
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Guanidinium-based ionic liquids
  • Ionic conductivity
  • Lithium polymer batteries
  • Polymerized ionic liquids

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