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Effect of nano-dispersed silica on the ion-conducting behavior of PMMA-based polymer gel electrolytes containing LiPF6

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Nano-sized silica poly(methylmethacrylate)-based gel electrolyte containing lithium hexafluorophosphate (LiPF6) was synthesized by using different binary solvent mixture (propylene carbonate(PC) and dimethylformamide (DMF) in different volume ratio). Role of DMF in PC: Higher DMF content in PC-based electrolyte shows higher ionic conductivity at all polymer content and at wide temperature regions (10-70 °C). A small increment in ionic conductivity at lower content of polymer in liquid/gel electrolyte was observed and having maximum conductivity of 13.12 mS/cm at 25 °C. Stability (mechanically and electrically), viscosity and ionic conductivity of gel electrolytes were improved with the addition of nano-sized silica at ambient temperature. Ionic conductivity of nano-sized silica-based gel electrolyte does not change much over 5o–70 °C temperature range and is factor-wise only which make indispensable in different electrochemical devices. Also polymer gel electrolyte membranes as such and with dispersed silica nano-particles were characterized through scanning electron microscope to study the morphology of gel matrix.

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Authors would like to thank UGC, New Delhi and Principal, D.A.V College, Amritsar for providing research facilities via UGC-CPE grant. The authors are thankful to Ms. Monica Nanda and Mr. Viney Sharma (research fellow) from PG Department of Physics, D.A.V. College, Amritsar for the help in the experimental work and fruitful manuscript discussions. Authors are also thankful to Dr. Kamaldeep Paul, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Thapar University, Patiala for technical assistance.

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Arora, N., Singh, S. & Kumar, R. Effect of nano-dispersed silica on the ion-conducting behavior of PMMA-based polymer gel electrolytes containing LiPF6 . Ionics 23, 2685–2695 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-017-2038-5

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