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Structural, thermal and electrochemical characterization of cellulose acetate–based solid biopolymer electrolyte for zinc ion batteries

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Zinc ion conducting biopolymer electrolyte has been prepared from cellulose acetate (CA) with different concentrations of zinc nitrate (Zn(NO3)2) by solution casting technique. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis has been adopted to investigate the amorphous nature of the samples. The complex creation of the biopolymer with the inorganic salt has been evidenced by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) studies. The differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) study shows shifting of glass transition temperature to the lower temperature in the salt-doped system. The polymer electrolytes have been subjected to electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), and the optimum conductivity attained was 2.7 \(\times\) 10−3 S cm−1 for the sample with the composition 45 M.wt% CA:55 M.wt% Zn(NO3)2. The linear sweep voltammetry (LSV) study reveals the electrochemical stability of the electrolyte as 3.03 V. The transference number for Zn2+ has been found to be 0.45 by Evans polarisation technique. The primary zinc battery has been constructed using optimum conducting membrane as an electrolyte. The OCV has been measured for this constructed battery and the value was found to be 1.72 V.

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  1. K. Ramakrishnan College of Technology, Samayapuram, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, 621112, India

    B. Bhuvaneswari

  2. Materials Research Center, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 641045, India

    B. Bhuvaneswari & S. Selvasekarapandian

  3. Sethu Institute of Technology, Viruthunagar, Tamil Nadu, 626115, India

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  4. M. Kumarasamy College of Engineering, Tamil Nadu, 639113, Karur, India

    L. Guru Prasad

  5. Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 641046, India

    S. Selvasekarapandian

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Bhuvaneswari, B., Sivabharathy, M., Prasad, L.G. et al. Structural, thermal and electrochemical characterization of cellulose acetate–based solid biopolymer electrolyte for zinc ion batteries. Ionics 28, 3865–3875 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-022-04616-1

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