Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute

Keunho Choi

Sang-Young Lee

Kwang Man Kim

Young-Gi Lee

Dong Ok Shin

Kunyoung Kang

Eun-Hye Kil

A solid polymeric electrolyte having a pattern, and a lithium battery including the same, includes a polymer matrix having a mesh structure and being formed of a cured photo-crosslinking agent; inorganic particles substantially uniformly distributed in the polymer matrix; and a liquid electrolyte comprised of a lithium salt and an organic solvent impregnated between the polymer matrix and the inorganic particles. The liquid electrolyte and the cured photo-crosslinking agent are present in a weight ratio ranging from 50:50 to 99:1. The liquid electrolyte containing the cured photo-crosslinking agent and the inorganic particle are present in a weight ratio ranging from 10:90 to 90:10. The solid polymeric electrolyte has properties suitable for a printing process to provide the pattern including a thickness ranging from about 10 nm to about 500 &#x3bc;m and, prior to curing the photo-crosslinking agent, a viscosity ranging from 100-10,000 poise under a shear rate condition of 1 sec.

Solid polymeric electrolytes and lithium battery including the same

A method of fabricating a solid polymeric electrolyte having a pattern includes mixing constituents including a liquid electrolyte, a photo-crosslinking agent, and inorganic particles to form an electrolyte paste; dispersing together the constituents of the electrolyte paste; coating the electrolyte paste on a substrate; pressing the electrolyte paste with a patterned mold having a shape to copy the shape of the patterned mold onto the electrolyte paste and provide said pattern; and illuminating an ultraviolet light onto the electrolyte paste to induce a photo-crosslinking reaction and cure the photo-crosslinking agent of the electrolyte paste, wherein said solid polymeric electrolyte includes a polymer matrix having a mesh structure, the polymer matrix being formed of the cured photo-crosslinking agent; inorganic particles distributed in the polymer matrix; and a lithium salt and an organic solvent impregnated between the polymer matrix and the inorganic particles.

Method of fabricating a patterned solid polymeric electrolyte

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