Influence of charge carrier density, mobility and diffusivity on conductivity-temperature dependence in polyethylene oxide-based gel polymer electrolytes
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-1-2022
Abstract
Determining the transport properties of charge carriers is essential to understand the factors that affect the conductivity trend of a polymer electrolyte system. In this work, charge carrier transport parameters of polyethylene oxide-based gel polymer electrolytes were estimated from fitting the Nyquist plot with the impedance equation, derived from the equivalent circuit that consists of a resistor in series with a constant phase element. The increase in electrolyte conductivity with temperatures from 303 K to 373 K is attributed to the increase of free ions, n (TPA(+) cations and I- over bar anions) and not to ionic mobility, mu. The decrease in mu with temperature is associated with the increase in the Stokes drag coefficient due to increase in ion collisions. This work explains how conductivity changes with number density of ions and mobility at various temperatures.
Keywords
Electrical impedance spectroscopy, Equivalent circuit model, Conductivity-temperature dependence, Charge carrier concentration, Ionic mobility, Stokes drag coefficient
Divisions
Science
Funders
Ministry of Higher Education of Malaysia through the FRGS grant[FRGS/1/2020/STG05/UPM/02/1]
Publication Title
High Performance Polymers
Volume
34
Issue
2
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Publisher Location
1 OLIVERS YARD, 55 CITY ROAD, LONDON EC1Y 1SP, ENGLAND