Novel solid polymer electrolytes based on poly(trimethylene carbonate) and lith...

• Author(s): Silva, Maria Manuela ; Barbosa, P. C. ; Evans, A. ; Smith, Michael John
• Date: 2006
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/5152
• Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
• Subject(s): Solid polymer electrolytes; Lithium hexafluoroantimonate; Conductivity; Thermal stability
• Document Type: Preprint
• Language: English

Description

Prova tipográfica (In Press) The results of the characterization of a polymer electrolyte system based on the poly(trimethylene carbonate) host matrix, with lithium hexafluoroantimonate as guest salt, are described in this study. Electrolytes with lithium salt compositions with values of n between 5 and 100 (where n represents the total number of monomeric cation-coordinating units -(O=COCH2CH2CH2O)- per lithium ion) were prepared by co-dissolution and deposition from acetonitrile. The solvent-casting technique was used to prepare flexible, transparent and self-supporting films of electrolytes which were characterized by measurements of conductivity, cyclic voltammetry, differential scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetry. Keywords: polymer electrolytes; lithium hexafluoroantimonate; conductivity; thermal stability.