Performance of bicontinuous structural electrolytes
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.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- May 25, 2020
- Source ID
- 10.1088/2399-7532/ab8d9b
Entities
People
- E. Leif
- Fredrik Larsson
- Kenneth Runesson
- Natasha Shirshova
- Ralf Jänicke
- Vinh Tu
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
- European Commission