Abstract
Some modifications of the side-chain structure that can be easily made to achieve the structure that is completely dependent on polymer side chain segmental motion and has been reported for lithium ion transport in polymer electrolytes for lithium batteries were presented. An easily modified polymer structure that will allow rapid elucidation of the role of these structural features in determining the properties of the membrane was developed. Imidazole was studied as the proton solvating group due to the successful development of the polybenzimidazole-phosphoric acid system. The basic prepolymer synthesis and grafting chemistry for the lithium forms of polyether polyelectrolytes was described. The stronger imide acid would provide higher conductivities, and optimization of the imidazole/acid ratio would provide conductivities that are of interest to fuel cell engineers.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 596-598 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | ACS Division of Fuel Chemistry, Preprints |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| State | Published - Sep 2004 |
| Externally published | Yes |
