Citation: Qiangwei Wang, Huijiao Liu, Mengjie Wang, Haojie Zhang, Jianda Xie, Xuanwei Hu, Shiming Zhou, Weitai Wu. Observation of high ionic conductivity of polyelectrolyte microgels in salt-free solutions[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2024, 35(4): 108743. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2023.108743 shu

Observation of high ionic conductivity of polyelectrolyte microgels in salt-free solutions

Qiangwei Wang ^{a, 1} ,
Huijiao Liu ^{a, 1} ,
Mengjie Wang ^a ,
Haojie Zhang ^a ,
Jianda Xie ^b ,
Xuanwei Hu ^a ,
Shiming Zhou ^c ,
Weitai Wu ^{a, d, *,}

a.
State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, The Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
b.
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xiamen University of Technology, Xiamen 361024, China
c.
Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
d.
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China

wuwtxmu@xmu.edu.cn

Received Date: 6 March 2023
Revised Date: 11 June 2023
Accepted Date: 26 June 2023
Available Online: 27 June 2023

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Here, we report an observation that illustrate the potential of polyelectrolyte microgels in salt-free solutions to display a high ionic conductivity. Laser light scattering and ionic conductivity tests on very dilute aqueous dispersions of the microgels indicate that both small size and swollen state of gel particles play vital roles, which should favor the counterions to freely penetrate and leave gel particles, and thus can contribute to the ion-conducting property. Upon discovering this on microgels that are composed of imidazolium-based poly(ionic liquid), we also illustrate the generality of the finding to single lithium-ion polyelectrolyte microgels that are of more technically relevant features for applications, for instance, as injectable liquid "microgel-in-solution" electrolytes of high conductivity (ca. 8.2 × 10⁻² S/m at 25.0 ℃ for 1.0 × 10⁻² g/mL of microgels in a LiNO₃-free 1:1 v/v mixture of 1,2-dioxolane and dimethoxymethane) and high lithium-ion transference number (0.87) for use in the rechargeable lithium-sulfur battery.
- Polyelectrolhyte,
- Stimuli-responsive,
- Single-ion conducting,
- Liquid electrolyte,
- Lithium metal battery
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