Journal
ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
Volume 56, Issue 12, Pages 4650-4656Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2011.02.104
Keywords
Polymer electrolyte; Double-walled carbon nanotube; Bis(trifluorosulphonyl)imide; Impedance spectroscopy; Cyclic voltammetry
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- Brazilian agency CNPq
- Brazilian agency CAPES
- Rede Nacional de Pesquisa em Nanotubos de Carbono/CNPq, Brazil
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Electrodes of double-walled carbon nanotubes functionalized with similar to 5 mass% of carboxyl groups (DWCNT-COOH) were prepared as an entangled and porous mat structure to facilitate the infiltration of polymer electrolytes. A system composed by a block copolymer of polyethylene-b-poly(ethylene oxide) or PE-b-PEO with lithium bis(trifluorosulphonyl)imide salt was optimized with respect to salt concentration. The 25 mass% of polymer electrolyte-DWCNT-COOH composite showed typical electronic conductivity of carbon nanotube-based composites (i.e., conductivities of 10(-2) S cm(-1) were obtained). The Nyquist plots for the nanocomposite led to the assignment of separate semi-circles to the electronic transfer through the nanotube and at the polymer electrolyte-nanotube interface. A complete cell with two electrode nanocomposites and a polymer electrolyte layer was tested in a wide range of cell potentials and temperatures. The operation of this configuration at 100 degrees C and a 4 V window was demonstrated. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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