Journal
IONICS
Volume 24, Issue 1, Pages 139-151Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s11581-017-2169-8
Keywords
Polymer electrolytes; Thermal analyses; XRD; Ionic conductivities; FTIR
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Sodium ion conducting solid polymer blend electrolyte thin films have been prepared by using polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)/poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) (PVP) with NaNO3 by solution cast technique. The prepared films were characterized by various methods. The complexation of the salt with the polymer blend was identified by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Fourier transforms infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Differential scanning calorimetry was used to analyze the thermal behavior of the samples, and the glass transition temperature is low for the highest conducting polymer material. The scanning electron microscopy gives the surface morphology of the polymer electrolytes. The frequency and temperature dependent of electrical conductivities of the films were studied using impedance analyzer in the frequency range of 1 Hz to 1 MHz. The highest electrical conductivity of 50PVA/50PVP/2 wt% NaNO3 concentration has been found to be 1.25 x 10(-5) S cm(-1) at room temperature. The electrical permittivity of the polymer films have been studied for various temperatures. The transference number measurements showed that the charge transport is mainly due to ions than electrons. Using this highest conducting polymer electrolyte, an electrochemical cell is fabricated and the parameters of the cells are tabulated.
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