Abstract
Solvent-free polymer electrolytes based on poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) and LiCF 3SO 3 have shown relatively high conductivities (10 −8–10 −4 S cm −1), with Arrhenius temperature dependence below the differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) glass transition temperature (343 K). This behaviour is in stark contrast to traditional polymer electrolytes in which the conductivity reflects VTF behaviour. 7Li nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy has been employed to develop a better understanding of the conduction mechanism. Variable temperature NMR has indicated that, unlike traditional polymer electrolytes where the linewidth reaches a rigid lattice limit near T g , the lithium linewidths show an exponential decrease with increasing temperature between 260 and 360 K. The rigid lattice limit appears to be below 260 K. Consequently, the mechanism for ion conduction appears to be decoupled from the main segmental motions of the PVA. Possible mechanisms include ion hopping, proton conduction or ionic motion assisted by secondary polymer relaxations.
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