Anionic polymers, electrolytes comprising the same, and methods of manufacture thereof
AssigneeTemple University of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
InventorsMike Zdilla, Stephanie Wunder
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Abstract
The invention provides a novel anionic polymer useful as a solid electrolyte in a lithium battery. The electrolyte matrix provides directional, flexible, polymeric ion channels with 100% lithium conduction with low-to-no affinity of the matrix for the lithium ion, in part due to the low concentration or absence of lone pair electrons in the anionic polymer.
Claims13
An anionic polymer comprising a Lewis adduct in the polymeric backbone, wherein the polymer is represented by Formula III:
- wherein R1 and R2 are each independently selected from the group consisting of H, and optionally substituted alkyl, haloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, cycloalkyl, heteroaryl, heterocycloalkyl, arylalkyl, heteroarylalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, and heterocycloalkylalkyl, and can optionally be joined to form a ring.
A composition comprising an anionic polymer comprising a Lewis adduct in the polymeric backbone, wherein the Lewis adduct comprises boron, further wherein a polymer molecule is adjacent to an ion channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.