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Effect of Glycerin on Electrical and Thermal Properties of PVA/Copper Sulphate Gel Polymer Electrolytes

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Copper-ion conducting gel polymer electrolyte (GPE) systems based on polymer poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) and copper sulphate salt doped with glycerin as plasticizer have been synthesized by using solution casting technique. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) is used to examine the thermal effect of glycerin on a polymer electrolyte. With the addition of various quantities of glycerin, as a plasticizer in pure PVA and PVA + 20 wt% CuSO4 polymer electrolyte shows a decrease in the values of melting temperature, glass transition temperature and percentage of crystallinity. From TGA curves, it is observed that thermal degradation of the glycerin doped polymer electrolyte is shifted towards lower temperature when compared to pristine PVA and the weight loss of the polymer electrolyte increases with increase of glycerin concentration. From DTG analysis, the temperature of maximum decomposition for PVA is 283.4 °C and it is decreased by the addition of 20 wt% CuSO4 and upon increased concentration of the plasticizer from 1 to 3 mL of glycerin. For pure PVA and PVA + 20 wt% CuSO4, ε′ decreases with increasing glycerin concentration and is lowest at 3 mL glycerin concentration. The maximum ionic conductivity obtained was 9.39 × 10− 4 S/cm for PVA + 20 wt% CuSO4 + 3 mL glycerin gel polymer electrolyte. The above results suggested that, the optimum conducting sample is suitable as separator in rechargeable batteries.

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    Noor M. Ali & Aseel A. Kareem

  2. Department of Physics, BVRIT HYDERABAD College of Engineering for Women, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500090, India

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Ali, N.M., Kareem, A.A. & Polu, A.R. Effect of Glycerin on Electrical and Thermal Properties of PVA/Copper Sulphate Gel Polymer Electrolytes. J Inorg Organomet Polym 32, 4070–4076 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-022-02417-7

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