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SOLID STATE IONICS
Volume 340, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssi.2019.115027
Keywords
Hybrid ionogels; Poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene); Non-aqueous sol-gel route; Ionic conductivity; Ion pairing
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- UGC
- R&D grant, University of Delhi, India
- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation through its Research Group Linkage programme
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One pot synthesis of high ion-conducting polymer based organic-inorganic hybrid ionogels via non-aqueous sol-gel route is being reported here. These hybrid ionogel films have been obtained using copolymer, poly(vinylidenefluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) (PVdF-HFP), silica precursor, tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS), salt, lithium trifluoromethanesulfonate (LiTf) and ionic liquid, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium trifluoromethanesulfonate (EMIMTf). The use of non-aqueous sol-gel route facilitates the confinement of large amount of electrolyte solution in the hybrid matrix. The highest value of ionic conductivity achieved at room temperature for these hybrid ionogels (encompassing 65 wt% of electrolyte solution) is 3 mS/cm (comparable to that of liquid electrolyte), which is a desirable value for many electrochemical applications. Deconvolution of the ATR-IR spectra in the range 980-1100 cm(-1) has provided information about the varying concentration of free ions (CF3SO3-) in the hybrid ionogels and evidence of ion-pair formation while the spectra in the 2900-3300 cm(-1) range throws light on the interaction of the electrolyte solution (trapped in the organic-inorganic matrix) with the other constituents of the hybrid film (i.e., polymer and silica). These hybrid ionogels exhibit a wide electrochemical stability window (similar to 4.63 V) and high thermal stability (similar to 320 degrees C) along with increased amorphisity. The value of tLi + has been found to be in the range. The value of tu, has been found to be in the range similar to 0.41 to 0.48 for all the films. The maximum value of t(Li+) similar to 0.48 has been obtained for the hybrid ionogel film containing 60 wt% of electrolyte solution (PVdF-HFP/silica/ES-60). Mechanical properties indicate that higher amount of the electrolyte solution in the matrix reduces the mechanical strength. However, for films with same amount of electrolyte solution, the film without SiO2 has higher mechanical strength as compared to the one with SiO2.
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