Solid polymer electrolytes based on polysacharide: synthesis and characterization.

Author(s)

Anelise Maria Regiani

• Document type: Doctoral Thesis
• Press: São Carlos.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Química de São Carlos (IQSC/BT)
• Defense date: 2000-11-10

Examining board members

Agnieszka Joanna Pawlicka; Ailton de Souza Gomes; Jose Pedro Donoso Gonzalez; Ernesto Chaves Pereira de Souza; Roberto Manuel Torresi

• Advisor: Agnieszka Joanna Pawlicka

Abstract

The synthesis and characterization of new types of solid polymer electrolytes based on hydroxyethyl and hydroxypropyl cellulose grafted with different polyethers were investigated. The synthesis is based on the reaction between the cellulose derivative and mono and difunctional isocyanates prepared from amines of polyethylene oxide and polypropylene oxide. It were also synthesized films of hydroxyethyl cellulose grafted with hexamethylene diisocyanate and phenylisocyanate. These materials were characterized through techniques of infrared, ultraviolet and nuclear magnetic ressonance spectroscopies, thermal analysis and X-ray diffraction. The films of polysaccharide and polyether that contained LiClO4 showed conductivity values of the order of 10-5 Scm-1 at 60oC. The value of this parameter seems to be independent of the cellulose derivative parameters and it is better related to the type of isocyanate grafted on the polysaccharide chain. The conductivity and chain mobility results show that the systems studied here can be applied as solid polymer electrolytes. The materials synthesized using commercial isocyanates as grafting reactant did not show interesting conductivity response. (AU)