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US 2017/0250442 A1Published application
Nanofilled Solid Polymer Electrolytes
AssigneeThe Penn State Research Foundation
InventorsJanna MARANAS, Pengfei ZHAN, Lalitha VNR GANAPATIBHOTLA
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Abstract
Embodiments of the disclosure relate to solid electrolytes comprising nanowhiskers. More particularly, embodiments of the disclosure relate to solid electrolytes comprising PEO6LiX crystalline complex and nanowhiskers to stabilize the PEO6LiX crystalline complex.
Claims23
An electrolyte comprising a crystalline solid electrolyte including:
- a crystalline complex comprising PEO6 and a lithium salt, and
- at least one nanofiller selected from the group consisting of natural cellulose nanowhiskers, acid treated cellulose nanowhiskers, and surface oxidized cellulose nanowhiskers.
An electrolyte comprising a crystalline solid electrolyte including:
- a crystalline complex comprising PEO6 and a lithium salt, and
- at least one nanofiller selected from the group consisting of natural cellulose nanowhiskers, acid treated cellulose nanowhiskers, surface oxidized cellulose nanowhiskers, Al2O3 nanowhiskers, and other metal oxide nanowhiskers, and
- the at least one nanofiller having an aspect ratio of at least about 10.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.