Abstract:
A cathode includes a cathode active material layer including a cathode active material; and a coating layer that is disposed on the cathode active material layer and that includes a block copolymer, wherein the block copolymer includes at least one first block that forms a structure domain and a second block that forms an ion conductive domain, and a total amount of the first block is in a range of about 20 weight percent to about 80 weight percent based on the total weight of the block copolymer.
Abstract:
A polymer electrolyte for a lithium battery, wherein the polymer electrolyte includes a polymerization product of a lithium ion conductive compound including an ethylenically unsaturated bond, a lithium ion conductive unit, and an ion-exchangeable functional group; and a heteroatom-containing ionic liquid polymerizable with the lithium ion conductive compound.
Abstract:
A lithium metal battery including: a lithium negative electrode including lithium metal; a positive electrode; and an electrolyte interposed between the lithium negative electrode and the positive electrode, wherein the electrolyte contains non-fluorine substituted ether, which is capable of solvating lithium ions, a fluorine substituted ether represented by the following Formula 1, and a lithium salt, wherein an amount of the fluorine substituted ether represented by Formula 1 is greater than an amount of the non-fluorine substituted ether, R—{O(CH2)a}b—CH2—O—CnF2nH Formula 1 wherein R is —CmF2mH or —CmF2m+1, n is an integer of 2 or greater, m is an integer of 1 or greater, a is an integer of 1 or 2, and b is 0 or 1.
Abstract:
An electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery, the electrolyte including: a block copolymer including a structural domain and a rubbery domain, wherein the structural domain includes a structural block including a plurality of structural repeating units, and wherein the rubbery domain includes a rubbery block including a plurality of rubbery repeating units.
Abstract:
An organic-inorganic silicon structure-containing block copolymer including a first domain including an ion conductive polymer block; and a second domain including a polymer block including a non-conducting polymer and an organic-inorganic silicon structure, wherein the organic-inorganic silicon structure is connected to a side chain connected to a backbone of the non-conducting polymer.
Abstract:
An electrolyte membrane for an energy storage device, an energy storage device including: a matrix including an ionically conductive polymer composition including a polymer and a lithium salt; and a metal-organic framework in the matrix, wherein the metal-organic frame work is in the form of a plurality of primary particles, each having diameter distribution represented by Inequation 1: 0