POLYMERIC ALKALI METAL ALKOXIDES AND THIOLATES AS SOLID-STATE ELECTROLYTES AND SURFACE COATINGS IN RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES

Embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to an energy storage device with a polymeric composition that includes, without limitation, a metal alkoxide-based polymer, a homopolymer of a metal alkoxide-based polymer, a heteropolymer of a metal alkoxide-based polymer, a thiolate-based polymer, a homopolymer of a thiolate-based polymer, a heteropolymer of a thiolate-based polymer, and a heteropolymer of a metal alkoxide-based polymer and a thiolate-based polymer. Additional embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to methods of making the energy storage devices of the present disclosure. Further embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to the polymeric compositions and methods of forming them.