Characterization of semi-interpenetrating polymer electrolytes containing poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) and ether-modified polysiloxane
Journal article, 2016

This work presents a detailed study of a semi-interpenetrating polymer network (semi-IPN) consisting of poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) (PVDF-HFP), polysiloxane-comb-propyl(triethylene oxide) (PSx) and lithium bis(trifluoromethane)sulfonimide (LiTFSI) prepared by a solution casting technique. According to differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), formation of the PVDF-HFPs crystalline phase is inhibited by the PSx which results in a significant improvement of tensile strain. A homogeneous distribution of PVDF-HFP and PSx in the membrane is analyzed using micro-FTIR mapping. Since no peak-shift due to mixing of PVDF-HFP and PSx was observed in FTIR second derivative analysis, computational models were applied to investigate the intermolecular interactions between the constituting domains of different polarity. An influence of PVDF-HFP on the Li+ transport in the ion-conducting PSx was determined by calculating the effective conductivities. The highest ionic conductivity of 7.7 × 10- 5 S cm- 1 at room temperature was reached with 15 wt.% LiTFSI. The electrochemical stability window ranges from 0.5 V to 4.6 V vs. Li/Li+ reference electrode.

Solid polymer electrolytes

Polymer network

Differential scanning calorimetry

Author

E. Cznotka

University of Münster

Steffen Jeschke

Chalmers, Physics, Condensed Matter Physics

H.D. Wiemhöfer

University of Münster

Solid State Ionics

0167-2738 (ISSN)

Vol. 289 35-47

Subject Categories

Chemical Sciences

DOI

10.1016/j.ssi.2016.02.016

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