• Title of article

    Conductivity modification in polymer electrolyte–crown ether complexes

  • Author/Authors

    Diwan، نويسنده , , Puja and Dollinger، نويسنده , , Sebastain and Raetzke، نويسنده , , Klaus and Chandra، نويسنده , , Amita، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    هفته نامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2013
  • Pages
    5
  • From page
    71
  • To page
    75
  • Abstract
    Polymer electrolyte (PEO:NH4I) has been complexed with dibenzo-24-crown-8 ether (DB24C8). The conductivity of the complexes has been measured as a function of the crown ether composition. The conductivity of this system is an order of magnitude higher than for the PEO:NH4I system. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) have been done to know about the thermal behaviour of the complexes. The conformational changes have been detected by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. Conductivity modification in the complexes has been explained by the chain-like formation in the complexes, increased amorphous phase and the enhanced free volume determined by positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy (PALS).
  • Keywords
    PALS , Crown ether , Polymer electrolyte , Conductivity
  • Journal title
    Solid State Ionics
  • Serial Year
    2013
  • Journal title
    Solid State Ionics
  • Record number

    1712421