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New high-throughput methods of investigating polymer electrolytes

New high-throughput methods of investigating polymer electrolytes
New high-throughput methods of investigating polymer electrolytes
Polymer electrolyte films have been prepared by solution casting techniques from precursor solutions of a poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) (PVdF-HFP), lithium-bis(trifluoromethane) sulfonimide (LiTFSI), and propylene carbonate (PC). Arrays of graded composition were characterised by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) using high throughput techniques. Impedance analysis showed the resistance of the films as a function of LiTFSI, PC and polymer content. The ternary plot of conductivity shows an area that combines a solid-like mechanical stability with high conductivity, 1 × 10-5 S cm-1 at the composition 0.55/0.15/0.30 wt% PVdF-HFP/LiTFSI/PC, increasing with PC content. In regions with less than a 50 wt% fraction of PVdF-HFP the films were too soft to give meaningful results by this method. The DSC measurements on solvent free, salt-doped polymers show a reduced crystallinity, and high throughput XRD patterns show that non-polar crystalline phases are suppressed by the presence of LiTFSI and PC.
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Alcock, Hannah J.
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White, Oliver C.
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Roberts, Matthew R,
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White, Oliver C.
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Alcock, Hannah J., White, Oliver C., Jegelevicius, Grazvydas, Roberts, Matthew R, and Owen, John R (2011) New high-throughput methods of investigating polymer electrolytes. Journal of Power Sources, 196 (6), 3355-3359. (doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2010.11.098).

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Polymer electrolyte films have been prepared by solution casting techniques from precursor solutions of a poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) (PVdF-HFP), lithium-bis(trifluoromethane) sulfonimide (LiTFSI), and propylene carbonate (PC). Arrays of graded composition were characterised by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) using high throughput techniques. Impedance analysis showed the resistance of the films as a function of LiTFSI, PC and polymer content. The ternary plot of conductivity shows an area that combines a solid-like mechanical stability with high conductivity, 1 × 10-5 S cm-1 at the composition 0.55/0.15/0.30 wt% PVdF-HFP/LiTFSI/PC, increasing with PC content. In regions with less than a 50 wt% fraction of PVdF-HFP the films were too soft to give meaningful results by this method. The DSC measurements on solvent free, salt-doped polymers show a reduced crystallinity, and high throughput XRD patterns show that non-polar crystalline phases are suppressed by the presence of LiTFSI and PC.

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Published date: March 2011

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Local EPrints ID: 180757
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/180757
ISSN: 0378-7753
PURE UUID: ba54f546-c719-4efc-818e-a8b251d3743c
ORCID for John R Owen: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-4938-3693

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Date deposited: 13 Apr 2011 10:55
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 02:44

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Author: Hannah J. Alcock
Author: Oliver C. White
Author: Grazvydas Jegelevicius
Author: Matthew R, Roberts
Author: John R Owen ORCID iD

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