{"id":458,"date":"2026-04-15T13:50:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T13:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/?p=458"},"modified":"2026-04-15T13:50:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T13:50:06","slug":"in-situ-fabrication-of-quasi-solid-polymer-electrolytes-for-lithium-metal-battery-via-photopolymerization-induced-microphase-separation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/?p=458","title":{"rendered":"<i>In Situ<\/i> Fabrication of Quasi-Solid Polymer Electrolytes for Lithium Metal Battery via Photopolymerization-Induced Microphase Separation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>DOI:<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acsami.4c15921\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10.1021\/acsami.4c15921<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Authors:<\/h4>\n<p>Kingsley Ikenna Aniagbaoso, Jan Bitenc, Virginie Pellerin, Maud Save, Antoine Bousquet, Laurent Rubatat<\/p>\n<h4>Abstract:<\/h4>\n<p>The photopolymerization-induced microphase separation (photo-PIMS) process involving a reactive polymer block was implemented to fabricate nanostructured quasi-solid polymer electrolytes (QSPEs) for use in lithium metal batteries (LMBs). This innovative one-pot fabrication enhances interfacial properties in LMBs by enabling <i>in situ<\/i> nanostructuring of QSPE directly onto the electrodes. This process also allows for customization of QSPE structural dimensions by tweaking the architecture and molar mass of poly[(oligo ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate-<i>co<\/i>-styrene] (P(OEGMA-<i>co<\/i>-S)) macromolecular chain transfer agent. Bicontinuous nanoscale domains of soft P(OEGMA-<i>co<\/i>-S)\/propylene carbonate\/lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (LiTFSI) phase and hard poly[isobornyl acrylate-<i>co<\/i>-(oligo ethylene glycol)diacrylate] phase furnished the QSPEs with respectively high ionic conductivity (0.34 mS cm<sup>-1<\/sup> at 30 \u00b0C) and interesting level of mechanical strength (10<sup>6<\/sup>-10<sup>7<\/sup> Pa at 30 \u00b0C). The as-prepared QSPE showed decent electrochemical properties and an electrochemical stability window of about 4.2 V vs Li<sup>+<\/sup>\/Li. This electrolyte enables the Li||SPE||Li symmetric cell to cycle over 350 h at 0.1 mA cm<sup>-2<\/sup> without evidence of dendrite formation. By means of galvanostatic cycling studies on a prototype lithium metal battery with LiNi<sub>0.8<\/sub>Mn<sub>0.1<\/sub>Co<sub>0.1<\/sub>O<sub>2<\/sub> or LiFePO<sub>4<\/sub> positive electrodes, we further demonstrate that the <i>in situ<\/i> nanostructured QSPE exhibited better performances than the corresponding stacked battery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DOI: 10.1021\/acsami.4c15921 Authors: Kingsley Ikenna Aniagbaoso, Jan Bitenc, Virginie Pellerin, Maud Save, Antoine Bousquet, Laurent Rubatat Abstract: The photopolymerization-induced microphase separation (photo-PIMS) process involving a reactive polymer block was implemented to fabricate nanostructured quasi-solid polymer electrolytes (QSPEs) for use in lithium metal batteries (LMBs). This innovative one-pot fabrication enhances interfacial properties in LMBs by enabling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[34],"class_list":["post-458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cesh","tag-battery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}