PEO - poly(ethylene oxide) - is a crystalline, water-soluble polyether whose chain of repeated ethylene oxide units coordinates cations along its backbone [1]. This solvating ability made PEO-LiX complexes the archetypal polymeric solid electrolyte, with ionic transport mapped early [1]. Ion specificity in PEO-NH4I and PEO-KBr composite electrolytes correlates salt identity with structure and conductivity [2]. Pegylated graphene oxide raises the performance of a PEO/polyvinyl alcohol blend solid electrolyte [3]. Triblock PEO-PPO-PEO copolymers associate in aqueous solution into micelles, with the association process explained across compositions [4]. Coarse-graining the same copolymers with the MARTINI force field brings their self-assembly into simulation reach [5].
- polyethylene oxide
- solid polymer electrolyte
- block copolymer
- ionic conductivity
- coarse-grained simulation
- micelle
References
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- Eslami, B.; Ghasemi, I.; Esfandeh, M.; Using Pegylated Graphene Oxide to Achieve High Performance Solid Polymer Electrolyte Based on Poly(ethylene oxide)/Polyvinyl Alcohol Blend (PEO/PVA). Polymers 2023, 15, 3063, 10.3390/polym15143063.
- Ghaouar, N.; Baroudi, M.; Othman, T.; Contribution to the explanation of the association process of two triblock poly(ethylene oxide)-poly(propylene oxide)-poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO-PPO-PEO) copolymers and their mixtures in an aqueous solution. Journal of Molecular Liquids 2016, 224, 279-283, 10.1016/j.molliq.2016.09.123.
- Nawaz, S.; Carbone, P.; Coarse-Graining Poly(ethylene oxide)–Poly(propylene oxide)–Poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO–PPO–PEO) Block Copolymers Using the MARTINI Force Field. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2014, 118, 1648-1659, 10.1021/jp4092249.