title: Thermoplastic Elastomer-Enabled Smart Electrolyte for Thermoresponsive Self-Protection of Electrochemical Energy Storage Devices.
abstract: Thermoresponsive smart electrolytes based on Pluronic solution are developed for active control and thermal self-protection of electrochemical energy-storage devices. Mechanistic studies reveal that the highly effective and reversible self-protection behavior is attributed to the sol-gel transition of the Pluronic solution upon temperature change. The transition temperature and the degree of performance suppression can be tuned over a wide range.
authors.affiliation: Materials Science and Engineering Program and Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, TX, 78712, USA.
authors.forename: Ye
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.affiliation: McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 200 East Dean Keeton Street, Austin, Texas, 78712, USA.
authors.forename: Heonjoo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ha
authors.affiliation: Materials Science and Engineering Program and Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, TX, 78712, USA.
authors.forename: Atheer
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Al-Sudani
authors.affiliation: McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 200 East Dean Keeton Street, Austin, Texas, 78712, USA.
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Ellison
authors.affiliation: Materials Science and Engineering Program and Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, TX, 78712, USA. ghyu@austin.utexas.edu.
authors.forename: Guihua
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yu
keywords: Pluronic; electrochemical energy storage; self-protection; thermoplastic elastomers; thermoresponsive, smart electrolytes