Replacing liquid electrolytes with solid-state polymer electrolytes could significantly improve the battery performance and address the safety concern arised in traditional Lithium-ion batteries. However, current state-of-the-art polymer electrolytes obtain the Lithium ion conductivity falling into the range of 10-5 - 10-4 S/cm at ambient conditions that is at least one decade lower than the Department of Energy target for the next generation electrolyte. Thus, novel solid-state polymer electrolyte with high ionic conductivity (sdc > 10-3 S/cm) are highly desireable. The overarching goal of the project is to understand the transport properties of Lithium ion in polymer electrolytes.
