Ion Conductivity of Nanocomposite Solid Polymer Electrolyte PEO-PVP-NaIO4 with Added TiO2 Nanoparticles

Authors

  • Todor E. Vlakhov Georgi Nadjakov Institute of Solid State Physics,  Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
  • Georgi B. Hadjichristov Georgi Nadjakov Institute of Solid State Physics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
  • Yordan G. Marinov Georgi Nadjakov Institute of Solid State Physics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
  • Nicola Scaramuzza Dipartimento di Fisica, Universit`a degli Studi della Calabria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7546/CRABS.2022.03.04

Keywords:

sodium-ion-polymer electrolytes, nanocomposite polymer electrolytes, titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles, complex electrical impedance spectroscopy, ion conductivity

Abstract

We studied the effect of titanium dioxide (TiO2)nanoparticles (NPs)on ion conductivity of Na+ ion-conducting nanocomposite solid polymer electrolyte (NCSPE) composed of polymers poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) and polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP), sodium metaperiodate (NaIO4)at concentration 10 wt%, and with added TiO2NPs of average size ∼ 10 nm at concentration from 1 wt% to 5 wt%. The electrical response of thin films (150μm) of PEO/PVP/NaIO4/TiO2 was characterized by employing the complex electrical impedance spectroscopy. The changes in ion-conducting properties of the examined NCSPEs induced from the included TiO2 NPs, were explained.

Author Biographies

Todor E. Vlakhov, Georgi Nadjakov Institute of Solid State Physics,  Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Mailing Address:
Georgi Nadjakov Institute
of Solid State Physics, 
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
72 Tsarigradsko Shosse
1784 Sofia, Bulgaria

E-mail: todor_vlakhov@issp.bas.bg

Georgi B. Hadjichristov, Georgi Nadjakov Institute of Solid State Physics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Mailing Address:
Georgi Nadjakov Institute
of Solid State Physics,
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
72 Tsarigradsko Shosse
1784 Sofia, Bulgaria

E-mail: georgibh@issp.bas.bg

Yordan G. Marinov, Georgi Nadjakov Institute of Solid State Physics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Mailing Address:
Georgi Nadjakov Institute
of Solid State Physics,
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
72 Tsarigradsko Shosse
1784 Sofia, Bulgaria

E-mail: ymarinov@issp.bas.bg

Nicola Scaramuzza, Dipartimento di Fisica, Universit`a degli Studi della Calabria

Mailing Address:
Dipartimento di Fisica,
Università degli Studi della Calabria
Via P. Bucci, Cubo 33B
Rende (CS), IT-87036, Italy

E-mail: nicola.scaramuzza@fis.unical.it

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Published

27-03-2022

How to Cite

[1]
T. . Vlakhov, G. Hadjichristov, Y. Marinov, and N. Scaramuzza, “Ion Conductivity of Nanocomposite Solid Polymer Electrolyte PEO-PVP-NaIO4 with Added TiO2 Nanoparticles”, C. R. Acad. Bulg. Sci., vol. 75, no. 3, pp. 349–357, Mar. 2022.

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Physics