Electrochemical and NMR characterizations of mixed polymer electrolytes based on oligoether sulfate and imide salts

Polymer electrolytes based on mixtures of lithium trifluoromethylsulfonylimide, LiTFSI and lithium oligoether sulfates dissolved in poly(oxyethylene) were studied. The properties of these mixed electrolytes i.e. thermal stability, ionic conductivities, transference numbers, diffusion coefficients and electrochemical stabilities were established in a wide range of compositions. A satisfactory compromise was found between high cationic transference numbers and high conductivities, while markedly decreasing the total amount of LiTFSI used. Since lithium oligoether sulfates should be considerably less expensive than LiTFSI and easy to recycle, these mixed polymer electrolytes seem to be promising.