Journal
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING B-ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL SOLID-STATE MATERIALS
Volume 175, Issue 2, Pages 143-149Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.mseb.2010.07.017
Keywords
Nano-composite polymer electrolytes; Ionic liquids; PVdF-HFP; Nano-tubular titania; Ionic conductivity
Funding
- Govt. ofTrinidad
- Tobago Research Fund
- UWI [FSA.21-MAR2007, CRP.3.NOV08.2, CRP.3.NOV09.2]
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Room temperature ionic liquid (IL): 1-methyl-3-hexylimidazolium imide (HxMImTFSI) has been synthesized showing a high conductivity value of 4.3 mS/cm at room temperature. Polymer electrolytes (PEs) have been developed by impregnating the RTIL in poly(vinylidenefluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) (PVdF-HFP) matrix with different binary compositions which have different molecular weights. PE's that are synthesized with the polymer having an average molecular weight of 400,000 shows highest room temperature conductivity of 4.86 x 10(-4) S/cm at room temperature for (3:7 weight ratio). The nano-composite polymer electrolytes (NCPEs) were prepared by dispersing nano-tubular titania in the PE. Thermal stability of the IL and NCPEs was investigated using TGA (Thermogravimetric Analysis) and DSC (Differential Scanning Calorimetric) studies showing the stability of these electrolytes in excess of 250 degrees C. High ionic conductivity has been observed of the order of 10(-4) S/cm at RT and 10(-3) S/cm at 120 degrees C for NCPE having composition 3:7 ratio of polymer and IL and containing 2 wt% nano-tubular titania. SEM studies show that there is an improvement in the morphology of the NCPEs with the addition of nano-tubular titania. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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