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JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
Volume 280, Issue 1-2, Pages 6-9Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2006.05.028
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P(AN-MMA); gel electrolyte; Li-ion battery; phase inversion; ultrasonic humidifier
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A novel process was proposed for preparation of microporous poly(acrylonitrile-methyl methacrylate) (P(AN-MMA)) membranes by phase inversion techniques using ultrasonic humidifier. Being prepared by dissolving the polymer (PAN-MMA) in the N,N-dimethyiformamide (DMF) solution with mechanical stirring, the homogenous casting solution was cast onto a clean glass plate. Successively, the glass plate was exposed to the water vapor produced by ultrasonic humidifier, inducing the phase inversion. It is found the pore size is much more uniform across the cross-section of the membrane than that of the porous membrane prepared by conventional water bath coagulation technique. The microporous membranes were directly obtained after the washing and drying. It had about 1-5 mu m of pores and presented an ionic conductivity of 2.52 x 10(-3) S/cm at room temperature when gelled with I M LiPF6/EC-DMC (1:1 vol.%) electrolyte solution. The test cells with the gel electrolytes prepared from as-prepared microporous membranes showed stable cycling capacities, indicating that the microporous membrane, which was prepared from cheap starting materials acrylonitrile and methyl methacrylate, can be used for the gel electrolyte of lithium batteries. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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