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Lithium Ion Conduction in PVdC-co-AN Based Polymer Blend Electrolytes Doped with Different Lithium Salts

  • C. Subbu , S. Rajendran , K. Kesavan and C. M. Mathew
Published/Copyright: August 11, 2015
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International Polymer Processing
From the journal International Polymer Processing Volume 30 Issue 4

Abstract

Polymer electrolytes prepared by the complexation of lithium salts with poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) and poly(vinylidene chloride-co-acrylonitrile) (PVdC-co-AN) will be of great use as separators in lithium polymer batteries. The amorphous nature of the blend electrolyte shows that the conductivity increases by the addition of lithium salts. The presence of C≡N and C=N in PVdC-co-AN are confirmed from the Fourier transform infrared studies. Among the various lithium salts studied, lithium trifluoro methane sulfonoimide [LiN(CF3SO2)2] based electrolyte exhibits the highest ionic conductivity of the order of 0.265 × 10−5 Scm−1 at room temperature. The sample having a maximum ionic conductivity PEO(80 wt%)/PVdC-co-AN(20 wt%)/LiN(CF3SO2)2(8 wt%) is supported by the lower optical band gap in UV-Visible analysis and low intensity in luminescence studies. Two and three dimensional topographic images of the above sample reveal the presence of micropores. Thermal stability of the prepared electrolytes is studied by thermo gravimetric/differential thermal analysis. Using differential scanning calorimetric analysis, the minimum glass transition temperature (30°C) is observed for the sample doped with LiN(CF3SO2)2. The cyclic voltammetric studies reveal the strong capacitive behavior of the prepared polymer electrolytes. The electrochemical stability windows for the prepared samples are observed using linear sweep voltammetry.

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Received: 2015-01-02
Accepted: 2015-04-29
Published Online: 2015-08-11
Published in Print: 2015-08-14

© 2015, Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich

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  1. Contents
  2. Contents
  3. Review Papers
  4. Heat Transfer Coefficient in Injection Molding of Polymers
  5. Regular Contributed Articles
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  9. Mechanical Properties, Morphologies and Thermal Decomposition Kinetics of Poly(lactic acid) Toughened by Waste Rubber Powder
  10. Lithium Ion Conduction in PVdC-co-AN Based Polymer Blend Electrolytes Doped with Different Lithium Salts
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  13. Development of Antimicrobial Poly(∊-caprolactone)/Poly(lactic acid)/Silver Exchanged Montmorillonite Nanoblend Films with Silver Ion Release Property for Active Packaging Use
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