Solid battery components are provided. A block copolymeric
electrolyte is non-crosslinked and non-glassy through the entire range of typical battery service temperatures, that is, through the entire range of at least from about 0° C. to about 70° C. The chains of which the
copolymer is made each include at least one ionically-conductive block and at least one second block immiscible with the ionically-conductive block. The chains form an amorphous association and are arranged in an ordered
nanostructure including a continuous matrix of amorphous ionically-conductive domains and amorphous second domains that are immiscible with the ionically-conductive domains. A compound is provided that has a formula of LixMyNzO2. M and N are each
metal atoms or a main group elements, and x, y and z are each numbers from about 0 to about 1. y and z are chosen such that a formal charge on the MyNz portion of the compound is (4−x). In certain embodiments, these compounds are used in the cathodes of rechargeable batteries. The present invention also includes methods of predicting the potential utility of
metal dichalgogenide compounds for use in
lithium intercalation compounds. It also provides methods for
processing lithium intercalation oxides with the structure and compositional homogeneity necessary to realize the increased formation energies of said compounds. An article is made of a dimensionally-stable, interpenetrating
microstructure of a first phase including a first component and a second phase, immiscible with the first phase, including a second component. The first and second phases define
interphase boundaries between them, and at least one particle is positioned between a first phase and a second phase at an
interphase boundary. When the first and second phases are electronically-conductive and ionically-conductive polymers, respectively, and the particles are
ion host particles, the arrangement is an
electrode of a battery.