Abstract
Polymer nanocomposite electrolyte (PNCE) films composed of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO), lithium salt (\( {\text{LiX}};\;{\text{X}} = ClO_4^{ - },\;BF_4^{ - },\;C{F_3}SO_3^{ - } \)) and montmorillonite (MMT) clay as nanofiller were prepared by melt-compounded hot-pressed technique at 70 °C under 3 tons of pressure. The ionic conductivity and relaxation behaviour of the films were investigated by dielectric relaxation spectroscopy in the frequency range of 20 Hz to 1 MHz at ambient temperature. The results revealed that the ionic conductivity of the PNCE films having 20:1 stoichiometric ratio of ethylene oxide monomer units to the lithium cation are governed by the size of different anions and the dissociation constant of salt, and also MMT concentration. It was found that PEO–LiBF4 film has comparative high dc ionic conductivity, whereas both the LiBF4 and LiClO4 containing PNCE films exhibit anomalous conductivity behaviour with varying MMT concentration. The PEO–LiCF3SO3 film has two orders of magnitude low value of dc ionic conductivity as compared to that of the other salts electrolyte films, but its conductivity enhances by one order of magnitude when 2 wt.% MMT is added as filler. A correlation between the values of ionic conductivity, conductivity relaxation time and the real part of permittivity at 1 MHz were found and the same was discussed in relation to the transient ion-dipolar type cross-linked structural behaviour of the polymeric nanocomposite electrolytes.
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