Polymer materials for solid‑state batteries
Welcome to the Material Research Seminar! Daniel Brandell, visiting professor at Mid Sweden University, lectures on research regarding solid-state batteries and what role polymer materials can have in this context to render reliable and functional solids-state battery devices.
Solid-state batteries promise higher energy density and improved safety as compared to today’s Li-ion battery technology, and would therefore be ideal for transport solutions: passenger cars, marine transport, aviation.
However, problems with durability and cell integration holds restrains solid-state batteries for reaching large-scale market solutions, despite promises from cell developers during many years.
Polymer materials have, in this context, a role to play in order to render reliable and functional solids-state battery devices. Several polymers can dissolve and transport salts, thereby acting as a solid-state electrolyte medium. By tailoring such polymer materials, electrolytes can be adopted for both the reductive and oxidative environments at the operating electrodes, while being functional as ionic conductors also at low operating temperatures, and still mechanically and thermally robust to render stable operation.
Please note that the seminar will be in English.