Atsushi Nishimoto, Kunihiro Agehara, N. Furuya
Feb 11, 1999
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Macromolecules
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To achieve solvent-free polymer electrolytes with high ionic conductivity, network polymer electrolytes with hyperbranched ether side chains were synthesized. A monosubstituted epoxide monomer, 2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethyl glycidyl ether (MEEGE), was copolymerized with ethylene oxide (EO) in the presence of 2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethanol by base-catalyzed anionic ring-opening polymerization to semi-terechelic poly[ethylene oxide-co-2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethyl glycidyl ether] [P(EO/MEEGE)] oligomers with a hydroxyl terminal functional group, which was esterified with acrylic acid to a polyether macromonomer. Network polymer electrolytes were obtained by photo-cross-linking mixtures of the macromonomer, an electrolyte salt, and a photoinitiator. These polymer electrolytes consist of polyether networks with hyperbranched side chains and an electrolyte salt. The ionic conductivity changed with the molecular weight of the macromonomers and was largest when the macromonomer with molecular weight of ca. 1000 was used, alth...