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Structural, conductivity, and dielectric characterization of PEO-PEG blend composite polymer electrolyte dispersed with TiO2 nanoparticles

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IONICS
Volume 19, Issue 8, Pages 1115-1123

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SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s11581-012-0842-5

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Solid polymer electrolyte; Conductivity; FTIR; Impedance spectra; Dielectrics

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A solid polymer electrolyte (SPE) composites consisting blend of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) and poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) as the polymer host with LiCF3SO3 as a Li+ cation salt and TiO2 nanoparticle which acts as a filler were prepared using solution-casting technique. The SPE films were characterized by X-ray diffraction and Fourier transform infrared analysis to ensure complexation of the polymer composites. Frequency-dependent impedance spectroscopy observation was used to determine ionic conductivity and dielectric parameters. Ionic conductivity was found to vary with increasing salt and filler particle concentrations in the polymer blend complexes. The optimum ambient temperature conductivity achieved was 2.66 x 10(-4) S cm(-1) for PEO (65 %), PEG (15 %), LiCF3SO3 (15 %), ethylene carbonate (5 %), and TiO2 (3 %) using weight percentage. The dielectric relaxation time obtained from a loss tangent plot is fairly consistent with the conductivity studies. Both Arrhenius and VTF behaviors of all the composites confirm that the conductivity mechanism of the solid polymer electrolyte is thermally activated.

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