Thermal, Conductivity and Molecular Interaction Studies of Poly(ethylene oxide)/Poly(methyl acrylate) Solid Polymer Electrolytes

• Published in: Macromolecular Symposia
• Main Author: Halim S.I.A.; Chan C.H.; Winie T.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley-VCH Verlag 2017
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85013339537&doi=10.1002%2fmasy.201600050&partnerID=40&md5=37aac18a52b0ddca3293d9a06d2b9b34

Summary Solid polymer electrolytes of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) and poly(methyl acrylate) (PMA) with addition of lithium perchlorate (LiClO4) were studied. Samples were prepared by solution casting method. An existence of single and compositional-dependant glass transition temperature (Tg) of PEO/PMA systems [studied by Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)] shows miscibility of the binary PEO/PMA blends as well as when added with small of amount of LiClO4 in the molten state and amorphous phase. The systems are miscible in molten state and amorphous phase at high salt content with PEO content in the blends is in excess. In this case, the Tgs of the PEO/PMA blends increase slightly with increasing salt concentration suggesting the molecular interaction of salt with the polymers. Impedance spectroscopy (IS) studies reveal that PEO/PMA 80/20 blend (w/w) added with 0.12 of LiClO4 (YS) shows the highest conductivity (σDC = 1.43 × 10−5 S cm−1) as compared to PEO/LiClO4 system at the same salt concentration (σDC = 6.43 ×10−6 S cm−1). Results of Tg using DSC and molecular interaction from Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectra suggest that blend with PEO in excess, Li+ ions coordinate with ether oxygen of PEO instead of carbonyl oxygen of PMA. Hence, the percolation pathway for these SPEs is lying in the amorphous region of the PEO phase. © 2017 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim