The power of architecture – cage-shaped PEO and its application as a polymer electrolyte†
Abstract
Herein we report for the first time on the gram-scale synthesis of a four-arm cage-shaped poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) and its pioneering application as polymer electrolyte. The well-supressed crystallization by the cage architecture proves the great toolbox of polymer chemists to overcome crystallization issues in PEO-based polymer electrolytes.