Nanostructured Triblock Copolymers with Chemically Complementary Components and Their Ionic Conductivity

Authors

  • Tatyana Zheltonozhskaya Kiev National Taras Shevchenko University, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Macromolecular Chemistry, 60 Vladimirskaya St., 01033 Kiev, Ukraine
  • Elena Shembel Ukrainian State Chemical-Engeneering University, Laboratory of Electrochemical Current Sources, 8 Gagarin St., 49005 Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
  • Sergey Fedorchuk Kiev National Taras Shevchenko University, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Macromolecular Chemistry, 60 Vladimirskaya St., 01033 Kiev, Ukraine
  • Larisa Kunitskaya Kiev National Taras Shevchenko University, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Macromolecular Chemistry, 60 Vladimirskaya St., 01033 Kiev, Ukraine
  • Iryna Maksyuta Ukrainian State Chemical-Engeneering University, Laboratory of Electrochemical Current Sources, 8 Gagarin St., 49005 Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
  • Nataliya Permyakova Kiev National Taras Shevchenko University, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Macromolecular Chemistry, 60 Vladimirskaya St., 01033 Kiev, Ukraine
  • Yuriy Gomza Institute for Macromolecular Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 48 Kharkovskoye Shosse, 02160 Kiev, Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6000/1929-5995.2012.01.02.4

Keywords:

Block copolymer, structure, intramolecular polycomplex, ionic conductivity, electrochemical devices

Abstract

A series of structural and electrochemical studies of the triblock copolymers (TBCs) based on poly(ethylene oxide) (Mn = 14 and 35 kDa) and polyacrylamide (PAAm-b-PEO-b-PAAm), which formed the intramolecular polycomplexes, were carried out using nuclear magnetic resonance, differential scanning calorimetry, wide-angle and small-angle X-ray scattering, and impedance spectroscopy. The combination of the amorphous mass-fractal-organized structure of the copolymers with high level of the ionic conductivity of pure TBCs and their compositions with the couple KI/I2 and LiPF6 salt was established. Possible reasons for the effects in the context of applications of TBC compositions in solar cells and lithium batteries are discussed.

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Zheltonozhskaya, T., Shembel, E., Fedorchuk, S., Kunitskaya, L., Maksyuta, I., Permyakova, N., & Gomza, Y. (2013). Nanostructured Triblock Copolymers with Chemically Complementary Components and Their Ionic Conductivity. Journal of Research Updates in Polymer Science, 1(2), 84–95. https://doi.org/10.6000/1929-5995.2012.01.02.4

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