Abstract: A solid electrolyte of fully conjugated, water-soluble rigid-rod polymer with articulated backbone for isotropic ionic conductivity, a method for synthesizing the solid electrolyte and a battery, fuel cell or super-capacitor including the solid electrolyte. The polymer has a repeating unit E1 represented by the following general formula I: wherein the repeating unit E1 has two pendants, L1 and L2, linked to two of four N atoms of the repeating unit E1; L1 and L2 independently represent a group of R1—SO3M, R1 represents a hydrocarbon; M represents a cation selected from the group consisting of Li+, Na+, H+and K+; R3 represents a group of H or SO3M; and x represents an integer larger than 100.

Abstract: The present invention mainly relates to a solid electrolyte of fully conjugated, water-soluble rigid-rod polymer with articulated backbone for isotropic ionic conductivity. The present invention further provides a design and a method for synthesizing the solid electrolyte as described above. A battery, fuel cell or super-capacitor comprising the solid electrolyte is also provided.