Polyphosphazene Electrolytes. 2. Synthesis and Properties of New Polymer Electrolytes Based on Poly((amino)[(2-methoxyethoxy)ethoxy])phosphazenes

Abstract

A series of ether group and amino group cosubstitutent phosphazene copolymers was synthesized and characterized by a combination of NMR, elemental analysis, and FTIR spectroscopy. The length of the alkyl group in the amino side chain and the content of the methoxyethoxyethoxy (MEE) substituent on the polymer properties were varied. Dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) demonstrated that the cosubstitutent polymers prepared have better mechanical properties than the ether homopolyphosphazene, poly[bis(2-methoxyethoxy)ethoxy]phosphazene, MEEP. The copolymers that possessed multiple electron-donor coordination sites, nitrogen and oxygen atoms, were complexed with various amounts of lithium perchlorate (LiClO4) to form polymer electrolytes. The ionic conductivity of the polymer electrolytes were determined by an impedance analyzer in a temperature range of 30−80 °C. According to those results, the conductivities of the prepared polymer electrolytes increased according to the rise in the MEE side chain contents and reached optima at F = 0.2−0.25. The best conductivity obtained is 2.2 × 10-5 S/cm for CPE-3A with F = 0.25.