Polymer materials for battery technology

Polymer materials are used in batteries as electrode components, electrolytes, for coatings or separators. In addition, polymer materials offer great potential in terms of improving battery performance and economic production. Currently, the focus is on the further development of lithium-ion and lithium-sulphur batteries.

Polymer materials that can self-heal and have a certain elasticity can help protect silicon batteries. This can increase the performance of a battery with conventional graphite anodes by a factor of ten. Due to the ease of processing polymer materials, the manufacturing costs of batteries can also be reduced.

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Further research

The above examples are potentials that are made possible with in-depth research.