Polymer electrolyte and preparation method therefor
A polymer electrolyte including a poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) containing polymer; and a lithium salt, wherein a terminal of the poly(ethylene oxide) containing polymer is substituted with a sulfur compound functional group, a nitrogen compound functional group or a phosphorus compound functional group, and a method for preparing the same and a battery containing the same.
1. A polymer electrolyte comprising:
a poly(ethylene oxide) containing polymer; and
a lithium salt,
wherein the poly(ethylene oxide) containing polymer is represented by formula 2 or formula 3 below:
wherein n is a repeating unit of an integer of 10 to 120, and R is an alkyl chain having 1-4 carbon atoms.
2. The polymer electrolyte according to claim 1 , wherein the poly(ethylene oxide) containing polymer is represented by formula 2 below:
wherein n is a repeating unit of an integer of 10 to 120, and R is an alkyl chain having 1-4 carbon atoms.
3. The polymer electrolyte according to claim 1 , wherein the poly(ethylene oxide) containing polymer is represented by formula 3 below:
wherein n is a repeating unit of an integer of 10 to 120, and R is an alkyl chain having 1-4 carbon atoms.
4. The polymer electrolyte according to claim 1 , wherein the lithium salt is at least one selected from the group consisting of LiCl, LiBr, LiI, LiClO 4 , LiBF 4 , LiB 10 Cl 10 , LiPF 6 , LiCF 3 SO 3 , LiCF 3 CO 2 , LiAsF 6 , LiSbF 6 , LiAlCl 4 , CH 3 SO 3 Li, CF 3 SO 3 Li, LiSCN, LiC(CF 3 SO 2 ) 3 , (CF 3 SO 2 ) 2 NLi, (FSO 2 ) 2 NLi, chloroborane lithium, lithium lower aliphatic carboxylate, lithium 4-phenylborate, imide, and bis(trifluoromethane sulfonyl)imide (LiTFSI).
5. The polymer electrolyte according to claim 1 , wherein the poly(ethylene oxide) containing polymer has a molecular weight in the range of 1-20 kg/mol.
6. The polymer electrolyte according to claim 1 , wherein in the polymer electrolyte, ethylene oxide (EO) of the poly(ethylene oxide) containing polymer and lithium (Li + ) of the lithium salt are present in a ratio of concentration of [Li + ]/[EO] between 0.02 and 0.08.
7. The polymer electrolyte according to claim 1 , wherein an ion transference characteristic of the polymer electrolyte is 10 −5 to 10 −3 S/cm.
8. The polymer electrolyte according to claim 1 , wherein the polymer electrolyte is a solid electrolyte for an all-solid state battery.
9. A method of preparing the polymer electrolyte according to claim 1 , comprising the steps of:
(a) adding a phosphorus compound to a poly(ethylene oxide) containing polymer to modify a terminal of the poly(ethylene oxide) containing polymer; and
(b) adding a lithium salt to the product of (a),
wherein the poly(ethylene oxide) containing polymer is represented by formula 2 or formula 3 below:
wherein n is a repeating unit of an integer of 10 to 120, and R is an alkyl chain having 1-4 carbon atoms.
10. The method of preparing the polymer electrolyte according to claim 9 , wherein in step (a), the phosphorus compound is added, wherein the phosphorus compound is a diethyl phosphonate compound or a phosphonic acid compound.
11. An all-solid state battery comprising:
a positive electrode,
a negative electrode and
a solid polymer electrolyte interposed therebetween, wherein the solid polymer electrolyte is the polymer electrolyte of claim 1 .