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Preparation and characterization of biopolymer electrolyte based on cellulose acetate for potential applications in energy storage devices

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In this present work, the solution casting technique was utilized to develop the proton conducting solid biopolymer electrolyte by the complex formation of cellulose acetate (CA) with the ammonium thiocyanate (NH4SCN) salt. The crystalline nature and complex formation of CA with different concentrations of NH4SCN were investigated using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopic techniques. The XRD analysis revealed that the amorphous natures of the CA complex were increased with increase of NH4SCN salt concentration, which leads to the higher ionic conductivity. The FTIR analysis confirmed the complex formation between CA and salt matrix. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) was used to predict the glass transition temperature (Tg) values, which reveals that the Tg value increase with respect to the increase of NH4SCN concentration. The electrical conductivity was measured using AC impedance analyzer, which showed that the magnitude of ionic conductivity increases with an increase in salt concentration up to 50CA:50NH4SCN. The 50CA:50NH4SCN has maximum ionic conductivity value of 3.31 × 10−3 S cm−1. Transference number measurement was carried out to investigate the nature of the charge transport species in the polymer electrolyte. The proton battery was constructed with the highest conducting polymer electrolyte 50CA:50NH4SCN and its open circuit voltage with load were studied. Hence, the present investigation paves the way for the development of fuel cell and primary proton battery applications.

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    S. Monisha, T. Mathavan & A. Milton Franklin Benial

  2. Materials Research Center, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, 641 045, India

    S. Monisha, S. Selvasekarapandian & Sindhuja Manoharan

  3. Department of Physics, Madras Christian College, Chennai, Tamilnadu, 600 059, India

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Monisha, S., Selvasekarapandian, S., Mathavan, T. et al. Preparation and characterization of biopolymer electrolyte based on cellulose acetate for potential applications in energy storage devices. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 27, 9314–9324 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-016-4971-x

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