Performance of Bicontinuous Structural Electrolytes

Tu, Vinh; Asp, Leif E.; Shirshova, Natasha; Larsson, Fredrik; Runesson, Kenneth; Jänicke, Ralf

Abstract

Structural power composites are multifunctional materials with simultaneous load bearing and energy storing functionality. This is made possible due to carbon fibers' ability to act not only as structural reinforcement materials, but also as electrode components. A crucial component of structural power composites is the structural electrolyte that is required to have both high stiffness and high ionic conductivity. To explore microstructure properties that bear optimal bifunctional performance a procedure is presented to generate various classes of synthetic microstructures with a wide span of properties for computer simulation. The effective properties of the generated artificial structural electrolytes are obtained via virtual material testing and compared with experimentally obtained data. Ultimately, a microstructure class with very good bifunctional properties is identified.

Citation

Tu, V., Asp, L. E., Shirshova, N., Larsson, F., Runesson, K., & Jänicke, R. (2020). Performance of Bicontinuous Structural Electrolytes. Multifunctional materials, 3(2), Article 025001. https://doi.org/10.1088/2399-7532/ab8d9b

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 27, 2020
• Online Publication Date: May 25, 2020
• Publication Date: 2020-06
• Deposit Date: Jun 1, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 12, 2020
• Journal: Multifunctional materials
• Publisher: IOP Publishing
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 3
• Issue: 2
• Article Number: 025001
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/2399-7532/ab8d9b