Electrochemical energy storage is one of the main societal challenges to human kind in this century. Among the myriad of energy-storage technologies, rechargeable batteries play a pivotal role because of their high specific energy and energy density. [1]

The evolution and development of rechargeable batteries have been tightly bonded to the research of polymeric materials, such as polymeric electrodes, polymer electrolytes, separators, binders, and so on. In particular, polymeric redox-active electrodes and polymer electrolytes have been emerging as promising candidates to substitute inorganic electrode materials and liquid electrolytes, respectively. This is because of the low cost of the precursors and the sustainability of their synthetic methods. Moreover, for polymeric materials, the existence of such a vast range of possible structures enables the proper tuning of structure-related properties according to the different requirements.

In the last few years, we have devoted continuous efforts on the research of polymeric redox-active electrodes and polymer electrolytes. We have conceived several novel concepts in these fields. In this talk, we will present an overview the development and our latest results on the polymeric redox-active electrodes, especially the family of poly-Schiff base/oligoether terpolymers. [2-4] In addition, highly conductive polymer electrolyte comprised of Jeffamine-based polymer matrices, [5] single ion conducting polysalts, [6] composite/hybrid solid polymer electrolytes, [7,8] novel additives for solid polymer electrolytes [9] will be also presented.

References

[1] M. Armand, and J.-M. Tarascon. Nature, 2008, 451, 652.

[2] M. López-Herraiz, E. Castillo-Martínez, J. Carretero-González, J. Carrasco, T. Rojo and M. Armand, Energy Environ. Sci., 2015, 8, 3233.

[3] E. Castillo-Martínez, J. Carretero-González, and M. Armand, Angew. Chem Int. Ed., 2014, 53, 5341.

[4] N. Fernández, P. Sánchez-Fontecoba, E. Castillo-Martínez, J. Carretero-González, T. Rojo and M. Armand, ChemSusChem, 2018, 11, 311-319.

[5] I. Aldalur, H. Zhang, M. Piszcz, U. Oteo, L.M. Rodriguez-Martinez, D. Shanmukaraj, T. Rojo, and M. Armand, J. Power Sources, 2017, 347, 37.

[6] H. Zhang, C. Li, M. Piszcz, E. Coya, T. Rojo, L.M. Rodriguez-Martinez, M. Armand, and Z. Zhou, Chem. Soc. Rev., 46, 2017, 797.

[7] X. Judez, H. Zhang, C. Li, G.G. Eshetu, Y. Zhang, J.A. González-Marcos, M. Armand, and L.M. Rodriguez-Martinez, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2017, 8, 3473.

[8] N. Lago, O. Garcia-Calvo, J.M. Lopez del Amo, T. Rojo, M. Armand, ChemSusChem, 2015, 8, 3039.

[9] G.G. Eshetu, X. Judez, C. Li, O. Bondarchuk, L.M. Rodriguez-Martinez, H. Zhang, and M. Armand, Angew. Chem Int. Ed., 2017, 56, 15368.