Abstract:
A negative electrode for a lithium battery, including a lithium metal; and a protective layer disposed on at least a part of the lithium metal, wherein the protective layer includes a block copolymer including a structural domain and a hard domain covalently linked to the structural domain, wherein the structural domain includes a structural block of the block copolymer, wherein the hard domain includes a hard block of the block polymer, wherein the structural block includes a plurality of structural repeating units, and wherein the hard block includes a plurality of olefin repeating units.
Abstract:
A composite membrane for a lithium battery, a cathode for a lithium battery, and a lithium battery including the composite membrane. The composite membrane includes a copolymer including a first repeating unit represented by Formula 1 and a second repeating unit represented by Formula 2: wherein Ar1, R1, R2, R3, A, Y−, and m in Formula 1, and R4 to R7, a, and n in Formula 2, are the same as defined in the specification.
Abstract:
An electrolyte for a secondary battery, the electrolyte including an ionic liquid polymer including a repeating unit represented by Formula 1: wherein, in Formula 1, CY, R1, R2, R3, X1−, n, and m are the same as described in the specification.
Abstract:
An electrolyte composition for a lithium battery includes a block copolymer and a nanoparticle composite dispersed in the block copolymer. The block copolymer includes a structural domain including a polymer having a structural repeating unit; and an ion conductive domain including a polymer having an ion conductive repeating unit, a rubbery domain including a polymer having a rubber repeating unit, or a hard domain comprising a polymer having an olefin-based repeating unit.
Abstract:
An electrolyte including a copolymer including (i) an ion-conductive domain including an ion-conductive segment of the copolymer, wherein the ion-conductive segment includes a plurality of ion-conductive units, and (ii) a structural domain including a structural segment of the copolymer, wherein the structural segment includes a plurality of structural units, wherein the ion-conductive domain and the structural domain are covalently linked, and a polymer network phase coupled to the ion-conductive domain.