화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of Membrane Science, Vol.322, No.2, 416-422, 2008
Effects of the porous structure on conductivity of nanocomposite polymer electrolyte for lithium ion batteries
A kind of porous nanocomposite polymer membranes (NCPMs) based on poly(vinylidene difluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene) (P(VdF-HFP)) incorporated with different amounts of TiO2 nanoparticles from in situ hydrolysis of Ti(OC4H9)(4) was prepared by a non-solvent induced phase separation (NIPS) technology. The SEM micrographs reveal that a porous structure exists in the NCPMs, which changes with the incorporated amount of TiO2. The NCPMs incorporated with 9.0wt.% of mass fraction of TiO2 possess the highest porosity, 67.3%, and appear as flexile fracture with an elongation ratio, 74.4%. At this content, the ionic conductivity of the NCPE is up to 0.94 x 10(-3) S cm(-1) at room temperature and the activation energy for ions transport reaches the lowest, 18.71 kJ mol(-1). It is of great potential application in lithium ion batteries. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.