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Decoupled ion conduction in poly(2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propane-sulfonic acid) homopolymers
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posted on 2014-11-14, 00:00 authored by S A M Noor, J Sun, D R Macfarlane, M Armand, Daniel Gunzelmann, Maria ForsythMaria ForsythAs the focus on developing new polymer electrolytes continues to intensify in the area of alternative energy conversion and storage devices, the rational design of polyelectrolytes with high single ion transport rates has emerged as a primary strategy for enhancing device performance. Previously, we reported a series of sulfonate based copolymer ionomers based on using mixed bulky quaternary ammonium cations and sodium cations as the ionomer counterions. This led to improvements in the ionic conductivity and an apparent decoupling from the Tg of the ionomer. In this article, we have prepared a new series of ionomers based on the homopolymer of poly(2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propane-sulfonic acid) using differing sizes of the ammonium counter-cations. We observe a decreasing Tg with increasing the bulkiness of the quaternary ammonium cation, and an increasing degree of decoupling from Tg within these systems. Somewhat surprisingly, phase separation is observed in this homopolymer system, as evidenced from multiple impedance arcs, Raman mapping and SEM. The thermal properties, morphology and the effect of plasticizer on the transport properties in these ionomers are also presented. The addition of 10 wt% plasticizer increased the ionic conductivity between two and three orders of magnitudes leading to materials that may have applications in sodium based devices. This journal is
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Journal of materials chemistry aVolume
2Issue
42Pagination
17934 - 17943Publisher
Royal Society of ChemistryLocation
Cambridge, EnglandPublisher DOI
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2050-7488eISSN
2050-7496Language
engPublication classification
C Journal article; C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
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