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Solid-state Graft Copolymer Electrolytes for Lithium Battery Applications
Published on: August 12, 2013
Degradable, yet fireproof: a highly safe polymer-based composite electrolyte enabled by a trace multifunctional
Yang Yan1, Yehuan Chen1, Robert K Y Li2
1Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of New Energy Materials Service Safety, Guangdong Research Center for Interfacial Engineering of Functional Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China. liuchen@szu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
An intrinsically degradable polycaprolactone-based composite electrolyte with a built-in trace multifunctional flame retardant is presented to realize a truly safe polymer-based electrolyte system that tackles the long-standing environmental challenge of polymer electrolyte waste while imparting superior electrochemical performance and fire safety to solid-state batteries.
