TITLE:
Effect of Nano-Filler on Structural and Ionic Transport Properties of Plasticized Polymer Electrolyte
AUTHORS:
Poonam Sharma, Dinesh Kumar Kanchan, Nirali Gondaliya
KEYWORDS:
Nano-Filler; XRD; SEM; Impedance
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Organic Polymer Materials,
Vol.2 No.2,
April
26,
2012
ABSTRACT: Polymer blend electrolytes, where PEO-PMMA polymer blend is used as polymer host matrix, doped with AgNO3 and plasticized with ethylene carbonate (EC) and Al2O3 as nano-filler were synthesized using the solution cast techniques. The polymer films were characterized by impedance spectroscopy, XRD, DSC, SEM, FT-IR and ionic transport mea-surements. The results indicate an enhancement in conductivity of PEO-PMMA-AgNO3-EC polymer electrolytes. The ionic conductivity of the polymer films is also found to increase with temperature. Electrical properties of polymer films in the framework of dielectric and modulus formalism are studied and discussed