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Polymer Electrolyte from Natural Rubber-Polyacrylic Acid and Polypyrrole and Its Application

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A polymer host was prepared by admicellar polymerization of acrylic acid (AA) monomer coated on natural rubber (NR) to form a core-shell material (PAA-adp-NR). To form a polymer electrolyte, the electrical properties, including ionic conductivity and photovoltaic property, were measured to study the potential for use in the dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). PAA-adp-NR having the highest shell content (62%) showed the maximum ionic conductivity and energy conversion efficiency (η) at 1.86 mS cm-1 and 1.80%, respectively. The crosslinked structure of 62PAA-adp-NR provided η up to 1.99% (AA:N-methylene bisacrylamide (NMBA) at 500:1 mole ratio) and enhanced a long-term material stability. After oxidative polymerization with polypyrrole (PPy) on 62PAA-adp-NR, the conductivity increased up to 2.43 mS cm-1. In the case of crosslinked PAA-adp-NR/PPy, the conductivity and η showed the highest value at 5.48 mS cm-1 (AA:NMBA at 100:1 mole ratio) and 2.38% (AA:NMBA at 500:1 mole ratio), respectively.

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  1. The Petroleum and Petrochemical College, Chulalongkorn University, Patumwan, Bangkok, Thailand

    Pensiri Silakul & Rathanawan Magaraphan

  2. Polymer Processing and Polymer Nanomaterials Research Unit, Petroleum and Petrochemical College, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

    Rathanawan Magaraphan

  3. Center of Excellence on Petrochemical and Materials Technology, Bangkok, Thailand

    Rathanawan Magaraphan

  4. Green Materials for Industrial Application Research Unit, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

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Acknowledgments: This work was supported by the in-house Royal Thai Government Budget; the National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT); and the Petroleum and Petrochemical College, Chulalongkorn University.

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Silakul, P., Magaraphan, R. Polymer Electrolyte from Natural Rubber-Polyacrylic Acid and Polypyrrole and Its Application. Macromol. Res. 27, 126–139 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13233-019-7023-6

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