党智敏-2002-Thermal, electrical and mechanical properties of plasticized polymer electrolytes based on PEO_P(VDF-HFP) blends-Acta.pdfVIP

Electrochimica Acta 48 (2002) 205/209 /locate/electacta Thermal, electrical and mechanical properties of plasticized polymer electrolytes based on PEO/P(VDF-HFP) blends Lizhen Fan, Zhimin Dang, Ce-Wen Nan *, Ming Li Department of Material Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China Received 8 July 2002; received in revised form 12 September 2002 Abstract The polymer electrolytes composed of a blend of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) and poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropro- pylene) (P(VDF-HFP)) as a host polymer, mixture of ethylene carbonate (EC) and propylene carbonate (PC) as a plasticizer, and LiClO4 as a salt were prepared by a solution casting technique. SEM micrographs show that P(VDF-HFP) is very compatible with PEO. The ionic conductivity of the electrolytes increases with increasing plasticizer content, while the mechanical properties become obviously worse. By addition of a certain content of PEO in P(VDF-HFP) matrix, a good compromise between high ionic conductivity and mechanical stability can be obtained. # 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. Keywords: Polymer electrolytes; P(VDF-HFP); PEO; Ionic conductivity 1. Introduction two polymers [10,11]; (4) adding plasticizers to polymer electrolytes to form plasticized polymer electrolytes [12/ There has been growing interest in lithium secondary 16]; (5) adding inorganic inert fillers to make composite batteries due to an increasing demand for saf