TY  - JOUR
T1  - Role of Ionic Liquid and Tin (IV) Oxide Nanoparticles on the Ionic
Conductivity of Biodegradable Solid Polymer Electrolyte
AU - Yoke Chong, Mee AU - Numan, Arshid AU - Evyan, YCY AU - Cheng, WH AU - Wong, LS AU - Ramesh, K. AU - Ramesh, S. 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 13
IS  - 23
SP  - 9807
EP  - 9812
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2018.9807.9812
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2018.9807.9812
KW  - Hydroxylethyl cellulose
KW  -ionic liquids
KW  -nanoparticles
KW  -solid polymer electrolyte
KW  -energy storagedevice
KW  -electrochemical
AB  - Solution casting technique is used to prepare solid polymer electrolyte (SPE) utilizing biodegradable hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC) as host polymer and magnesium trifluoromethanesulfonate (MgTf<sub>2</sub>) salt as charge carrier. However, the performance of the SPE is hindered by it&#39;s low ionic conductivity at room temperature. Thus, room temperature ionic liquid, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium trifluoromethane sulfonate (EMIMTf) and tin (IV) oxide (SnO<sub>2</sub>) nanoparticles have been added into the SPE to overcome the shortcomings. As a result, the room temperature ionic conductivity improved to 9.28H10<sup>-5</sup> and 2.84H10<sup>-4</sup> S/cm upon addition of 40 wt.% EMIMTf ionic liquid and 2 wt.% of SnO<sub>2</sub> nanoparticles, respectively. The conductivity-temperature plot shows that the transportation of ions in these films obey Arrhenius theory. The improvement of the ionic conductivity at room temperature for HSn2 makes it attractive for application to electrochemical devices.
ER  -