Room-temperature molten salt polymers as a matrix for fast ion conduction

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1998.751

Vinyl polymers having either imidazolium group or sulfonamide group in the side chain were prepared as components to form a molten salt. After mixing, these polymers formed a molten-salt-like flexible domain in the polymer, and excellent ionic conductivity (7.52 X 10^-6 Scm^-1 and 1.88 X 10^-4 Scm^-1 at 30°C, respectively) was observed in spite of their rubber-or powder-like properties.