Structure Optimization of Some Single-Ion Conducting Polymer Electrolytes with Increased Conductivity Used in “Beyond Lithium-Ion” Batteries

Butnicu, Dan and Ionescu, Daniela and Kovaci, Maria (2024) Structure Optimization of Some Single-Ion Conducting Polymer Electrolytes with Increased Conductivity Used in “Beyond Lithium-Ion” Batteries. Polymers, 16 (3). p. 368. ISSN 2073-4360

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Abstract

Simulation techniques implemented with the HFSS program were used for structure optimization from the point of view of increasing the conductivity of the batteries’ electrolytes. Our analysis was focused on reliable “beyond lithium-ion” batteries, using single-ion conducting polymer electrolytes, in a gel variant. Their conductivity can be increased by tuning and correlating the internal parameters of the structure. Materials in the battery system were modeled at the nanoscale with HFSS: electrodes–electrolyte–moving ions. Some new materials reported in the literature were studied, like poly(ethylene glycol) dimethacrylate-x-styrene sulfonate (PEGDMA-SS) or PU-TFMSI for the electrolyte; p-dopable polytriphenyl amine for cathodes in Na-ion batteries or sulfur cathodes in Mg-ion or Al-ion batteries. The coarse-grained molecular dynamics model combined with the atomistic model were both considered for structural simulation at the molecular level. Issues like interaction forces at the nanoscopic scale, charge carrier mobility, conductivity in the cell, and energy density of the electrodes were implied in the analysis. The results were compared to the reported experimental data, to confirm the method and for error analysis. For the real structures of gel polymer electrolytes, this method can indicate that their conductivity increases up to 15%, and even up to 26% in the resonant cases, via parameter correlation. The tuning and control of material properties becomes a problem of structure optimization, solved with non-invasive simulation methods, in agreement with the experiment.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Eurolib Press > Multidisciplinary
Depositing User: Managing Editor
Date Deposited: 30 Jan 2024 07:55
Last Modified: 30 Jan 2024 07:55
URI: http://info.submit4journal.com/id/eprint/3419

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