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Characterization of PEO/PVP/GO nanocomposite solid polymer electrolyte membranes: microstructural, thermo-mechanical, and conductivity properties

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Poly (ethylene oxide) (PEO)/polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) blended nanocomposite polymers, incorporating graphene oxide (GO) nano-sheets and embedded with NaIO4 salt, were prepared using solution casting technique. The as-prepared nanocomposite electrolyte membranes were characterized by SEM, TEM, XRD, and Raman vibrational spectroscopic techniques to confirm the dispersion of GO nano-sheets and to understand the synergistic properties of GO/polymer interactions as a function of GO nano-sheets concentration. GO fillers incorporated electrolyte membranes demonstrated distinctive surface morphology composed of circular-shaped protuberances of different dimensions. The decrease of Raman intensity ratio (ID/IG) and in-plane crystallite size (La) values of the nanocomposites suggested the good dispersion and confinement of the GO nano-sheets. The optical properties of blend electrolyte films were studied as a function of GO filler concentration using optical absorption and diffuse reflectance spectra. In reference to PEO/PVP/NaIO4, the resultant PEO/PVP/NaIO4/GO (0.4% in weight) electrolyte membrane demonstrated both an increase in tensile strength of ca. 42% and in Young’s modulus of ca. 40%, improvements coupled with a maximum fractured elongation of 3%. Through impedance spectroscopy analysis, the role of the GO nano-sheets onto the room temperature conductivity properties of the prepared electrolyte membranes has been probed.

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The author gratefully acknowledges the INERA EU project Research Potential “Research and Innovation Capacity Strengthening of ISSP-BAS in Multifunctional Nanostructures” (FP7 REGPOT-2012-2013-1) support.

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  1. Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi della Calabria, Via P. Bucci, Cubo 33B, 87036, Rende (CS), Italy

    H. K. Koduru & N. Scaramuzza

  2. MAT-INLAB (Laboratorio di Materiali Molecolari Inorganici), Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università della Calabria, 87036, Arcavacata di Rende (CS), Italy

    F. Scarpelli & N. Godbert

  3. Georgi Nadjakov Institute of Solid State Physics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 72 Tzarigradsko Chaussee Blvd., 1784, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Y. G. Marinov, G. B. Hadjichristov, P. M. Rafailov, I. K. Miloushev & A. G. Petrov

  4. Department of Mechanical, Energy and Management Engineering–DIMEG, University of Calabria, Via P. Bucci, Cubo 44C, 87036, Rende (CS), Italy

    L. Bruno

  5. CNISM—Unità di Ricerca di Cosenza c/o Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi della Calabria, Via P. Bucci, Cubo 31C, 87036, Rende (CS), Italy

    N. Scaramuzza

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Koduru, H.K., Scarpelli, F., Marinov, Y.G. et al. Characterization of PEO/PVP/GO nanocomposite solid polymer electrolyte membranes: microstructural, thermo-mechanical, and conductivity properties. Ionics 24, 3459–3473 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-018-2484-8

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