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SOLID STATE IONICS
Volume 212, Issue -, Pages 88-99Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssi.2012.02.002
Keywords
Poly(ethylene oxide); Radiotracer diffusion; Charge diffusivity; Nernst-Einstein equation; Ion pairing; Free-ion fraction
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft within a Collaborative Research Centre [SFB 458]
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Mass and charge transport in the prototype polymer electrolyte system PEOyNaI were investigated by radiotracer diffusion and conductivity measurements over wide ranges of composition (y = 20 to 1000) and temperature (T= similar to 60 to 200 degrees C). All data were simultaneously fitted within a comprehensive ion-transport model which takes into account for each composition the glass transition temperature (T-g), the fraction of ion pairs, and the diffusivities of single ions and pairs. This approach yields the pertinent model parameters as a function of salt concentration (C-s), including the Vogel-Tammann-Fulcher parameters of individual species and the enthalpy (Delta H-p) and entropy (Delta S-p) of pair formation. We find that the mobility of cations and anions distinctly increase with increasing T and decreasing C-s, whereas the fraction of free ions shows an anomalous reverse T- and C-s-dependence. This special constellation explains the appearance of a maximum in plots of the isothermal charge diffusivity versus salt concentration. Quantitative results for transference numbers. Haven ratios, and relative pair contributions to the tracer diffusion coefficients are presented as well. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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