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ELECTROCHEMISTRY COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 8, Issue 3, Pages 482-488Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2006.01.013
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polymer electrolytes; ionic liquids; ionic conductivity; electrochromic devices; conductive polymers; PEDOT
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A new type of tailor-made polymer electrolyte based on ionic liquids (ILs) and polymeric ionic liquids (PILs) analogues has been prepared by mixing 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonimide) [bmim][Tf2N], 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate [bmim][BF4] and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide [bmim][Br], with poly[1-vinyl-ethyl-imidazolium] bearing similar counter-anions [Tf2N], [BF4] and [Br]. The chemical affinity between PILs and lLs affords a completely compatible combination resulting in stable polymer electrolytes. The ionic conductivity of all these polymer electrolytes varies between 10(-2) and 10(-5) S cm(-1) at room temperature, and shows high values of conductivity with increasing ionic liquid content. Finally, we have demonstrated that cycle life of electrochromic devices (ECDs) is significantly enhanced (up to 70,000 cycles) when this new type of tailor-made polymer electrolyte was used in PEDOT/electrolyte/PEDOT devices as compared to previously used poly(ethylene oxide) electrolytes. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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