The Electrochemical Society, ECS Transactions, 25(19), p. 15-23, 2009
DOI: 10.1149/1.3247061
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Sol-gel derived poly(oxyethylene)/siloxane hybrids doped with lithium hexafluoroantimonate, LiSbF 6 , have been prepared. Compositions of these novel xerogel electrolytes were identified using the conventional d-U(2000) n LiSbF 6 notation, (where n is the molar ratio of oxyethylene moieties per Li + ion) and samples with n between ∞ and 2.5 were characterized by conductivity measurements, cyclic voltammetry at a gold microelectrode and thermal analysis. The electrolyte films produced were obtained as transparent and amorphous monoliths with encouraging electrochemical and thermal properties.