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Chem Commun (Camb). 2016 Jan 07;52(2):292-5. doi: 10.1039/c5cc06643c. Epub 2015 Oct 29.

Polymer gel electrolytes for application in aluminum deposition and rechargeable aluminum ion batteries.

Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)

Xiao-Guang Sun, Youxing Fang, Xueguang Jiang, Kazuki Yoshii, Tetsuya Tsuda, Sheng Dai

Affiliations

  1. Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA. [email protected] [email protected].

PMID: 26511160 DOI: 10.1039/c5cc06643c

Abstract

A polymer gel electrolyte using AlCl3 complexed acrylamide as a functional monomer and acidic ionic liquid based on a mixture of 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride (EMImCl) and AlCl3 (EMImCl-AlCl3, 1-1.5, in molar ratio) as a plasticizer has been successfully prepared for the first time via free radical polymerization. Aluminum deposition is successfully achieved using a polymer gel electrolyte containing 80 wt% ionic liquid. The polymer gel electrolytes are also good candidates for rechargeable aluminum ion batteries.

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