PEO-Based Polymer Electrolytes with Ionic Liquids and Their Use in Lithium Metal-Polymer Electrolyte Batteries

The influence of adding the room-temperature ionic liquid (RTIL) N-methyl-N-propylpyrrolidinium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (PYR13TFSI) to P(EO)20LiTFSI polymer electrolytes and the use of these electrolytes in solid-state Li/V205 batteries has been investigated. P(EO)20LiTFSI + xPYR13TFSI polymer electrolytes with various PYR+13/Li+ mole fractions (x = 0.66, 1.08, 1.73, 1.94, 2.15, and 3.24) were prepared. The addition of up to a 3.24 mole fraction of the RTIL to P(EO)20LiTFSI electrolytes, corresponding to a RTIL/PEO weight fraction of up to 1.5, resulted in freestanding and highly conductive electrolyte films reaching 10-3 S/cm at 40DGC. The electrochemical stability of PYR13TFSI was significantly improved by the addition of LiTFSI. Li/V2O5 cells using the polymer electrolyte with PYR13TFSI showed excellent reversible cyclability with a capacity fading of 0.04% per cycle over several hundreds cycles at 60DGC. The incorporation of the RTIL into lithium metal-polymer electrolyte batteries has resulted in a promising improvement in performance at moderate to low temperatures.