Triblock Copolymer/Polyoxometalate Nanocomposite Electrolytes with Inverse Hexagonal Cylindrical Nanostructures.
Liang ZhaiShengchao ChaiGang WangWei ZhangHaibo HeHao-Long LiPublished in: Macromolecular rapid communications (2020)
The primary issue of polymer electrolytes is to achieve high ion conductivity while retaining mechanical properties. A nanocomposite electrolyte with the inverse hexagonal cylindrical phase (three-dimensionally continuous domains for ion conduction and embedded domains for mechanical support) is prepared through the electrostatic self-assembly of a polyoxometalate (H3 PW12 O40 , PW) and a triblock copolymer poly(N-vinyl pyrrolidone)-block-polystyrene-block-poly(N-vinyl pyrrolidone) (PSP). The cylindrical nanocomposite exhibits a conductivity of 1.32 mS cm-1 and a storage modulus of 4.6 × 107 Pa at room temperature. These two values are higher than those of pristine PSP by two orders of magnitudes and a factor of six, respectively. PW clusters are used as multifunctional nano-additives (morphological inducer, proton conductor, and nano-enhancer) and their incorporation achieves the simultaneous improvement in both conductive and mechanical performance.
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