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Tamarind seed polysaccharide (TSP)-based Li-ion conducting membranes

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Polysaccharide-based biopolymers have gained much attention in electrochemical devices recently. Tamarind seed polysaccharide (TSP) is a biopolymer obtained from the extract of tamarind seed. It is used as thickening and gelling agent in food and textile industries. There are no works in polymer electrolytes based on TSP in lithium-ion conducting membranes. A pure TSP membrane has been prepared by dissolving 1 g of TSP in distilled water by using solution-casting technique. The prepared biopolymer membranes are subjected to Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and AC-impedance techniques. FTIR analysis has been conducted to observe the possible interaction between the polymer and lithium salt based upon the changes in wave numbers of the peaks. The nature of the membrane (crystalline or amorphous) has been revealed by XRD. The electrical properties of the membranes have been analyzed by AC-impedance spectroscopy. The maximum ionic conductivity for the salt-doped membrane 1 g TSP:0.4 g lithium bromide (LiBr) has been found to be 4.83 × 10−4 S cm−1. The primary lithium-ion battery has been constructed using the best conductivity membrane, and the open circuit voltage (OCV) has been observed as 1.63 V.

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  1. Department of Physics, N.M.S.S.V.N. College, Nagamalai, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, 625019, India

    M. Premalatha, T. Mathavan, S. Monisha & S. Selvalakshmi

  2. Materials Research Center, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 625019, India

    M. Premalatha, S. Selvasekarapandian, S. Monisha & S. Selvalakshmi

  3. Department of Physics, Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, 641014, India

    D. Vinoth Pandi

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Premalatha, M., Mathavan, T., Selvasekarapandian, S. et al. Tamarind seed polysaccharide (TSP)-based Li-ion conducting membranes. Ionics 23, 2677–2684 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-017-1989-x

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