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Lithium-doped PEO—a prospective solid electrolyte with high ionic conductivity, developed using n-Butyllithium in hexane as dopant

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The present work is an effort to study the effects of Li doping on the structural and transport properties of the solid polymer electrolyte, poly-ethelene oxide (PEO) (molecular weight, 200,000). Li-doped PEO was synthesized by treating PEO with n-Butyllithium in hexane for different doping concentrations. It is seen that the crystallinity of the doped PEO decreases on increasing the Li doping concentration and XRD and FTIR studies support this observation. FESEM images give better details of surface morphology of doped PEO samples. The TGA curves of PEO and Li-doped PEO samples reveal the weight loss region, and it is observed that the weight loss process of the solid polymer electrolyte is gradual rather than abrupt, contrary to the case of liquid electrolytes. The purity and the electrochemical stability of the samples were established by cyclic voltammetry studies. Impedance measurements were carried out to estimate the ionic conductivity of Li-doped PEO samples. The present value of ionic conductivity observed at room temperature in Li-doped PEO is about five orders higher than that of pure PEO and is quite close to that of liquid electrolytes. It is inferred that, ionic conductivity of the sample is increasing on increasing the Li doping concentration due to enhanced charge carrier density and flexibility of the doped sample structure. The ionic mobility and ionic transport are significantly improved by the less crystallinity and higher flexibility of the Li-doped PEO samples which in turn are responsible for the enhanced ionic conductivity observed.

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The financial assistance provided by the Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS), Government of India, is gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. Division for Research in Advanced Materials, Department of Physics, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, Kerala, India, 682022

    Anand B. Puthirath & S. Jayalekshmi

  2. Lithium Ion and Fuel Cell Division, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, 695022, Kerala, India

    Bibin John & C. Gouri

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Puthirath, A.B., John, B., Gouri, C. et al. Lithium-doped PEO—a prospective solid electrolyte with high ionic conductivity, developed using n-Butyllithium in hexane as dopant. Ionics 21, 2185–2191 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-015-1406-2

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