US 12,291,592 B2
Ion-conducting bio-based polymers from raw lignocellulosic biomass
Thomas H. Epps, III, Bear, DE (US); Angela L. Holmberg, Somerville, MA (US); Kaleigh H. Nicastro, Newark, DE (US); Shu Wang, Newark, DE (US); Basudeb Saha, Newark, DE (US); Li Shuai, Blacksburg, VA (US); Dionisios G. Vlachos, Newark, DE (US); and Melody A. Morris, Elkton, MD (US)
Assigned to University Of Delaware, Newark, DE (US)
Filed by Thomas H. Epps, III, Bear, DE (US); Angela L. Holmberg, Somerville, MA (US); Kaleigh H. Nicastro, Newark, DE (US); Shu Wang, Newark, DE (US); Basudeb Saha, Newark, DE (US); Li Shuai, Blacksburg, VA (US); Dionisios G. Vlachos, Newark, DE (US); and Melody A. Morris, Elkton, MD (US)
Filed on Nov. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/980,792.
Application 17/980,792 is a division of application No. 16/243,718, filed on Jan. 9, 2019, granted, now 11,525,024.
Application 16/243,718 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/208,135, filed on Jul. 12, 2016, granted, now 10,253,131, issued on Apr. 9, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/713,571, filed on Aug. 2, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/615,040, filed on Jan. 9, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/191,551, filed on Jul. 13, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0113164 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. C08F 212/14 (2006.01); B32B 27/30 (2006.01); C07C 41/18 (2006.01); C07C 41/38 (2006.01); C07C 67/14 (2006.01); C07C 69/618 (2006.01); C08F 293/00 (2006.01); C08G 83/00 (2006.01); C09J 7/38 (2018.01); C09J 9/02 (2006.01); C09J 125/18 (2006.01); C09J 133/08 (2006.01); C09J 153/00 (2006.01); H01M 4/62 (2006.01); H01M 10/0565 (2010.01); C08F 220/18 (2006.01); C08H 8/00 (2010.01)
CPC C08F 293/005 (2013.01) [B32B 27/302 (2013.01); B32B 27/308 (2013.01); C07C 41/18 (2013.01); C07C 41/38 (2013.01); C07C 67/14 (2013.01); C07C 69/618 (2013.01); C08G 83/005 (2013.01); C09J 7/38 (2018.01); C09J 7/385 (2018.01); C09J 7/387 (2018.01); C09J 9/02 (2013.01); C09J 125/18 (2013.01); C09J 133/08 (2013.01); C09J 153/00 (2013.01); H01M 4/622 (2013.01); H01M 10/0565 (2013.01); C08F 212/24 (2020.02); C08F 220/1806 (2020.02); C08F 2438/01 (2013.01); C08G 2170/40 (2013.01); C08H 8/00 (2013.01); C09J 2203/33 (2013.01); C09J 2301/414 (2020.08); C09J 2400/163 (2013.01); C09J 2400/226 (2013.01); C09J 2400/283 (2013.01); C09J 2433/00 (2013.01); C09J 2453/00 (2013.01); C09J 2471/00 (2013.01); C09J 2497/00 (2013.01); H01M 2300/0082 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bio-based polymer comprising:
(i) at least one bio-based polymeric block, the at least one bio-based polymeric block comprising: at least one bio-based monomer having a structure corresponding to formula (II):

OG Complex Work Unit Chemistry
wherein R1 is hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, i-propyl, propylene, formyl, a propanoate salt, a propanoate ester, an acetate salt, or an acetate ester,
wherein R2 is a substituent comprised of at least one polymerizable functional group which is an ethylenically unsaturated functional group, and
wherein R3 and R4 are independently selected from hydrogen or methoxy,
wherein at least one of R1, R3, and R4 is not hydrogen; and
(ii) at least one ion-conducting, co-monomer-based polymeric block,
wherein the at least one ion-conducting co-monomer-based polymeric block comprises a poly((oligo-oxyethylene) [meth]acrylate) block, and wherein the bio-based polymer is a diblock, bio-based polymer having the following structure (III) or a triblock polymer having the following structure (IV):

OG Complex Work Unit Chemistry
wherein x is in the range of 2-1000; n in the range of 10-500; and m in the range of 10-1000; R1 is hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, i-propyl, propylene, formyl, a propanoate salt, a propanoate ester, an acetate salt, or an acetate ester; and R3 and R4 are independently selected from hydrogen or methoxy.