《PEO-LiClO4-ZSM5 composite polymer electrolyte (IV) Polarized optical microscopy study》.pdfVIP

574 Science in China Ser. B Chemistry 2005 Vol.48 No.6 574 579 PEO-LiClO -ZSM5 composite polymer electrolyte (IV): 4 Polarized optical microscopy study X I Jingyu, QIU Xinping , ZHU Wentao CHEN Liquan Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China Correspondence should be addressed to Qiu Xinping (email: xijy @tsinghua.edu.cn) Received March 7, 2005; revised April 19, 2005 Abstract Polarized optical microscopy (POM) results show that ZSM5 has great influence on both the nucleation stage and the growth stage of PEO spherulites. Part of ZSM5 particles can act as the nucleus of PEO spherulites and thus increase the amount of PEO spherulites. On the other hand, ZSM5 can restrain the recrystallization tendency of PEO chains through Lewis acid-base interaction and hence decrease the growth speed of PEO spherulites. The increasing amount of PEO spherulites, decreasing size of PEO spherulites, and the incomplete crystalliza- tion are all beneficial for creating more continuous amo rphous phases of PEO, which is very + important for the transporting of Li ions. An adequate amount of ZSM5 can enhance the room temperature ionic conductivity of PEO-LiClO based polymer electrolyte for more than two ma g- 4 nitudes. Keywords : composite polymer electrolyte, poly (ethylene oxide), ZSM-5, polarized optical microscopy, spherulites. DOI: 10.1360/042005-29 All solid -state lithium polymer batteries may be one form double helix structure through the coordination + of the best choices for the future electrochemical interactions between