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SOLID STATE IONICS
Volume 181, Issue 21-22, Pages 964-970Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssi.2010.05.040
Keywords
Nanocomposite polymer electrolyte; Hydrotalcite; Clay-nanocomposite; Ionic conductivity
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- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India
- DST, India
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We have prepared a new nanocomposite polymer electrolyte using nanoparticles of hydrotalcite, an anionic clay, as the filler. Hydrotalcite has the chemical composition [M(1-x)(2+) M(x)(3+) (OH)(2)](x+) [A(x/n)(n-)center dot mH(2)O] where M(2+) is a divalent cation (e.g. Mg(2+), Ni(2+), Co(2+),etc.) and M(3+) is a trivalent cation (e.g. Al(3+), Fe(3+), Cr(3+), etc.). A(n-) is an anion intercalated between the positively charged double hydroxide layers. The nanoparticles of [Mg(0.67)Al(0.33) (OH)(2)] [(CO(3))(0.17)center dot mH(2)O] were prepared by the co-precipitation method (average particle size as observed by TEM similar to 50 nm) and were doped into poly(ethylene glycol) PEG (m.w.2000) complexed with LiCIO(4). Samples with different wt.% of hydrotalcite were prepared and characterized using XRD, DSC, TGA, impedance spectroscopy and NMR. Ionic conductivity for the pristine sample, similar to 7.3 x 10(-7) S cm(-1), was enhanced to a maximum of = 1.1 x 10(-5) S cm(-1) for 3.6 wt.% nanoparticle doped sample. We propose that the enhancement of ionic conductivity is caused by percolation effects of the high conductivity paths provided by interfaces between the nanoparticles and the polymer electrolyte. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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