Zwitterions enhance ion transport for polymer-based electrolyte material

Certain ceramic-based electrolytes have shown the ability to transport ions quickly, but are brittle and difficult to process into working batteries. Polymer-based electrolytes overcome these challenges, but exhibit poor ionic conductivity. Now, researchers at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory have found a path to avoiding that tradeoff by boosting the ionic conductivity of polymer electrolytes using zwitterions

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