A gel-type electrolyte comprising a matrix which is a poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) polymer in which is embedded a liquid mixture comprising at least one lithium salt and a solvent comprising at least one linear carbonate, the poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) polymer matrix representing 5 to 95% by weight in relation to the weight of the gel-type electrolyte and the liquid mixture representing 95 to 5% by weight in relation to the weight of the gel-type electrolyte. This electrolyte exhibits increased stability with respect to oxidation and reduction.

An electrochemical cell and a method of preparing the electrochemical cell are provided. The electrochemical cell, such as a lithium battery or a solid-state lithium ion battery, includes a first electrode having a solid polymer electrolyte deposited thereon, wherein the solid polymer electrolyte comprises a microporous polymer swollen with an organic carbonate liquid and a dissociable lithium salt, and a second electrode. The method of preparing an electrochemical cell includes providing the first electrode, immersing the first electrode in an electrolyte solution, depositing the solid polymer electrolyte on the immersed first electrode, and attaching the second electrode to an exposed surface of the solid polymer electrolyte, thereby forming the electrochemical cell. During operation, the solid polymer electrolyte is capable of growing a passivating polymer layer at an interface between the first electrode and the solid polymer electrolyte.

The invention pertains to a process for the manufacture of a fluoropolymer film, to the fluoropolymer film obtainable therefrom and to use of said fluoropolymer film in electrochemical and photo-electrochemical devices.

An electrolyte composition comprising (i) a block copolymer, (ii) an organic electrolyte (e.g. an ionic liquid), and (iii) a lithium salt, wherein the block copolymer comprises a non-ionic block and an ionic block, the non-ionic block comprising polymerised residues of hydrophobic monomers, and the ionic block comprising polymerised monomer residues having covalently coupled thereto (a) a pendant organic ionic liquid cation, the pendant organic ionic liquid cation having a counter anion, (b) a pendant anionic moiety, the pendant anionic moiety having a counter cation, or (c) a combination thereof, and the electrolyte composition has at least two glass transition temperature (Tg) values.

The present invention provides a composition for a gel polymer electrolyte, the composition including: a first oligomer represented by Formula 1; a second oligomer including a first repeating unit which is represented by Formula 2a and derived from a styrene monomer; a polymerization initiator; a lithium salt; and a non-aqueous solvent, a gel polymer electrolyte prepared using the same, and a lithium secondary battery.

The present technology relates to gel electrolytes for using in lithium-ion electrochemical cells and methods of forming the same. For example, the method may include adding one or more gelation reagents to an electrochemical cell including one or more liquid electrolyte precursors. The one or more gelation reagents include one or more initiators and one or more crosslinking agents. Each of the one or more initiators may be one of a thermal initiator and an actinic/electron beam initiator. Each of the one or more crosslinking agents may be one of a tridentate alkane and a tetradentate alkane having one or more substitutes including a terminal group represented by: ##STR00001##

A solid state high voltage battery includes a cathode; an anode; a catholyte solution in contact with the cathode; an anolyte solution in contact with the anode, and a separator disposed between the cathode and the anode. At least one of the catholyte or the anolyte is gelled, and at least one of the catholyte or the anolyte comprises an organic electrolyte, an ionic liquid electrolyte, or water in salt electrolyte.

A flexible Zn film electrode with ionic and electronic networks has been designed by utilizing ionic liquid based gel polymer as the binder, which can minimize the interface resistance between electrode and electrolytes. Ionic liquid electrolytes are good candidates for high surface area Zn anode due to their good electro(chemical) stability. Ionic liquid based gel polymer electrolytes (GPEs) are good candidates to replace liquid electrolytes or separators in some special applications, like surface coating structure batteries.

A separator for a battery formed from a polymer gel electrolyte that is disposed within the pores of a polymer mesh. The polymer gel electrolyte is formed from a crosslinked ion-conducting polymer and an ionic liquid. The separator is formed from a gel loaded with an electrolyte, which prevents issue with electrolyte leakage. The polymer mesh provides stability to the polymer gel electrolyte, allowing for use of thin films of the polymer gel electrolyte and use of soft polymer gel electrolytes.

A method of co-extruding battery components includes forming a first thin film battery component via hot melt extrusion, and forming a second thin film battery component via hot melt extrusion. A surface treatment is applied to a surface region of at least one of the first and second components so that, relative to a remainder of the at least one component, the surface region has at least one of a decreased inter-particle distance, a decreased amount of polymer binder material, and an increased amount of exposed ionically conductive material. The first and second components are fed through a co-extrusion die to form a co-extruded multilayer thin film.