Ion-Containing Polymer Materials
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 335
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Interests: atomistic simulation; molecular dynamics simulations; Monte Carlo methods
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Polymer materials represent a promising next-generation energy storage system and possess a variety of applications due to their low expense, mechanical properties, and efficient energy storage technologies.
Recently, two families of ion-containing polymers have attracted significant attention: salt-doped block copolymers and polyelectrolyte solutions. Lithium salt-doped block copolymers are well known to increase ionic conductivity and achieve long-term cycling stability in Li-ion batteries. Additionally, polyelectrolyte solutions play an important role in biology due to a broad range of applications, such as cosmetics, drug delivery, and environmental protections. Most importantly, novel synthesis techniques for new ion-containing polymers and the deep understanding of how they couple to ionic transport in Li-ion batteries guide future research directions to achieve various breakthroughs in performance metrics.
This Special Issue aims to provide a deep understanding of the phase transition, novel synthesis, atomistic models, and applications of ion-containing polymers. Original papers as well as reviews regarding these topics and related research areas are invited.
Dr. Menghao Yang
Dr. Shuaiming He
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- block copolymers
- polyelectrolyte solutions
- ionic conductivity
- ion transport
- Li-ion batteries
- ionic polymer
- aqueous solutions
