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MACROMOLECULES
Volume 46, Issue 21, Pages 8580-8588Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ma401686r
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft within the Collaborative Research Centre [SFB 458]
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We measured glass transition temperatures T-g as a function of the salt concentration in polymer electrolyte systems consisting of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) complexed either with sodium iodide (NaI) or lithium bis(trifluorosulfonylimide) (LiTFSI). At homologous compositions, T-g of PEO-Nal is found to be generally larger than that of LiTFSI. The present T-g values are markedly higher than previously reported reference data. Also the observed nonlinear concentration dependence differs from earlier studies. These findings are tentatively attributed to the more stringent preparation and measuring conditions maintained in the present work, thereby keeping organic solvent residues and water contamination at low levels. Also the high molecular weight of the polymer may have some influence. The measurements were performed by differential scanning calorimetry after quenching from the melt. We find that ex situ immersion quenching in liquid nitrogen leads to lower degrees of crystallinity than in situ quenching in the calorimeter environment. In addition, the strong decrease of the crystallinity with increasing salt content gives rise to pronounced steps in the heat capacity near T-g for the more concentrated electrolytes.
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