Title
Effect of molecular weight on the mechanical and electrical properties of block copolymer electrolytes
Date Issued
26 June 2007
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Singh M.
Odusanya O.
Wilmes G.M.
Eitouni H.B.
Patel A.J.
Chen V.L.
Park M.J.
Fragouli P.
Iatrou H.
Hadjichristidis N.
Cookson D.
Balsara N.P.
University of California
Abstract
The relationship between ionic conductivity, morphology, and Rheological properties of polystyrene-Wocfc-poly(ethylene oxide) copolymers (SEO) doped with a lithium salt, Li[N(SO2CF3)2], is elucidated. We focus on lamellar samples with poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) volume fractions, φ, ranging from 0.38 to 0.55, and PEO block molecular weights, M PEO, ranging from 16 to 98 kg/mol. The low-frequency storage modulus (G′) at 90 °C increases with increasing MPEO from about 4 × 105 to 5 × 107 Pa. Surprisingly, the conductivity of the SEO/salt mixtures with the molar ratio of Li to ethylene oxide moieties of 0.02 σ, also increases with increasing MPEO, from 6.2 × 10-5 to 3.6 × 10-4 S/cm at 90 °C. We compare σ with the conductivity of pure PEO/salt mixtures, σPEO. and find that σ/[(φσPEO] of our highest molecular weight sample is close to 0.67, the theoretical upper limit for transport through randomly oriented lamellar grains. © 2007 American Chemical Society.
Start page
4578
End page
4585
Volume
40
Issue
13
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería química Ciencia de los polímeros
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-34547177228
Source
Macromolecules
ISSN of the container
00249297
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