Polymer alloy technique is very powerful tool to tune the ionic conductivity and mechanical strength of polymer electrolyte. A semi-interpenetrating polymer network (semi-IPN) polymer alloy electrolyte, composed of non-cross-linkable siloxane-based polymer and crosslinked 3D network polymer, was prepared. Such polymer alloy electrolyte has quite high ionic conductivity (more than 10(-4) S cm(-1) at 25degreesC and 10(-5) S cm(-1) at - 10degreesC) and mechanical strength as a separator film with a wide electrochemical stability window. A lithium metal/semi-IPN polymer alloy solid state electrolyte/LiCoO2 cell demonstrated promising cycle performance with room temperature operation of the energy density of 300 Wh/L and better rate performance than conventional PEO based lithium polymer battery ever reported. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.