Polymers based on ionic monomers, compositions comprising same, methods for manufacturing same, and use thereof in electrochemical applications

An ionic polymer comprising at least one repeating unit comprising the reaction product between at least one compound of Formula 1 comprising at least two functional groups and a metal bis(halosulfonyl)imide of Formula 2:

• wherein,
• A is a substituted or unsubstituted organic group selected from a linear or branched C1-C10alkylene, a linear or branched C1-C10alkyleneoxyC1-C10alkylene, a linear or branched poly(C1-C10alkyleneoxy)C1-C10alkylene, a linear or branched polyether and a linear or branched polyester;
• X1 and X2 are functional groups independently and at each occurrence selected from a hydroxyl group, a thiol group and an amine group;
• X3 and X4 are halogen atoms each independently selected from F, Cl, Br and I, X3 and X4 are both chlorine atoms;
• and
• Mn+ is an alkali or alkaline earth metal ion selected from the group consisting of Na+, K+, Li+, Ca2+ and Mg2+ ions, preferably Mn+ is an alkali metal ion selected from the group consisting of Na+, K+ and Li+ ions, and more preferably Mn+ is Li+.