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The Role of TiO2 Anatase Nano-Filler to Enhance the Physical and Electrochemical Properties of PVA-Based Polymer Electrolyte for Magnesium Battery Applications

Materials Science and Engineering A • 2019
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Authors B.M. Abdel-Samiea, A. Basyouni, R. Khalil, Eslam Mohamed Sheha, H. Tsuda and T. Matsu
Keywords Polymer electrolyte, TiO2 anatase nano-filler, ionic conductivity, magnesium battery.
Journal Materials Science and Engineering A
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Volume 3
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Pages 678-689
publication.type International
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Abstract
The magnesium conducting solid-state polymer electrolyte PE comprising hybrid of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) and magnesium bromide MgBr2, phosphomolbidic acid (PMA) H3PMo12O40, and tetraethylene glycol dimethyl ether (TEGDME) as plasticizer and TiO2 anatase as a nano-filler is prepared at various compositions by solution cast technique. The interactions between the filler and PE chains are studied by thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and impedance spectroscopy. Composition of PE is optimized, and maximum conductivity is obtained at 6 wt.% TiO2 anatase. Filler seems to increase the number of free magnesium cations by de-coordinating the bond between magnesium cations and matrix scheme. The estimated value of Mg+ ion transference number is carried out by the combination of complex impedance and D.C. polarization methods and is found to be 0.52 for the highest conducting film. A solid state battery based on the above polymer electrolyte with a configuration Mg|PE|TiO2 has exhibited a discharge capacity > 8.5 mAh/gm. The discharge characteristics are found to be satisfactory as a laboratory cell.