Conductivity or rheology? Tradeoff for competing properties in the fabrication of a gel polymer electrolyte based on chitosan-barbiturate derivative
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2018
Abstract
Chitosan-barbiturate (Ch-Ba) derivative was synthesized to afford organosolubility. Attachment of Ba onto the Ch backbone was confirmed by 1 H NMR with peaks at 8.2 and 11.1 ppm, and FTIR with bands at 1679 and 1739 cm −1 belonging to the Ba ring. This derivative was used as a host polymer in the preparation of gel polymer electrolytes. The components of the gel consist of tetrapropylammonium iodide (TPAI) as the salt, SiO 2 nanofiller (NF) as the mechanical stabilizer, and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) as the solvent. The necessary formulation required to produce the gel was studied using response surface models by means of artificial neural networks. Electrochemical and rheological behaviors were studied and the simulated model predicted conductivities were as high as 8.51 mS cm −1 while still maintaining a solid-like gel structure in the region where storage modulus dominated loss modulus, G″/G′ < 1.
Keywords
Artificial neural network, Chitosan-barbiturate, Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, Gel polymer electrolyte, Rheology
Divisions
chemistry,CHEMISTRY,PHYSICS
Funders
University of Malaya under the University Research Grant number PG028-2014A,Bright Spark fellowship (BSP/APP/1903/2013)
Publication Title
Ionics
Volume
24
Issue
10
Publisher
Springer Verlag (Germany)