Abstract
A preliminary investigation of polymer electrolyte based on hexanoyl chitosan, lithium perchlorate (LiClO4) and various filler additives are described in this paper. Hexanoyl chitosan-based nanocomposite polymer electrolytes were prepared using solution casting technique. The effect of filler addition and type of filler on the electrical properties of the prepared electrolyte system was investigated by impedance spectroscopy (IS). The maximum conductivity of 3.06 × 10-4 S cm-1 and 1.96 × 10-4 S cm-1 were achieved for the hexanoyl chitosan-LiClO4-TiO2 and hexanoyl chitosan-LiClO4-SiO2 electrolyte system, respectively. The variations in conductivity observed were discussed quantitatively using the Rice and Roth model from which the concentration of free ions and their mobility were calculated.
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