Abstract
This study examined the use of sodium acetate salt as an ionic dopant in biodegradable solid polymer electrolyte (SPE). In the solution casting method for making polymer electrolyte, rice starch is used as the host polymer and glycerol is used as the plasticizer. The characteristics of SPE film were investigated using X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR), and Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA). Salt enhances the amorphous structure by decreasing the crystallinity of the polymer. Alternatively, it decreases the temperature of thermal breakdown. In addition, the biodegradability of SPE was investigated using the soil burial method. Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) was used to evaluate the ionic conductivity behavior and temperature dependent of SPE. The 35% sodium acetate salt addition makes the supercapacitor's electrolyte have the highest ionic conductivity at room temperature, which is 5.57x10-4 S/cm.
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