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Investigation of biosourced carboxymethyl cellulose-ionic liquid polymer electrolytes for potential application in electrochemical devices

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Biosourced carboxymethyl cellulose polymer electrolytes have been studied for potential application in electrochemical devices. The carboxymethyl cellulose was obtained by reacting cellulose derived from kenaf fibre with monochloroacetic acid. Films of the biosourced polymer electrolytes were prepared by solution-casting technique using ammonium acetate salt and (1-butyl)trimethyl ammonium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide ionic liquid as charge carrier contributor and plasticizer, respectively. The shift of peak of carboxyl stretching in the Fourier transform infrared spectra confirmed the interactions between the host biosourced polymer with the ionic liquid. Scanning electron microscopy indicated that the incorporation of ionic liquid changed the morphology of the electrolyte films. The room temperature conductivity determined using impedance spectroscopic technique for the film without ionic liquid was 6.31 × 10−4 S cm−1 while the highest conductivity of 2.18 × 10−3 S cm−1 was achieved by the film integrated with 20 wt% (1-butyl)trimethylammonium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl) imide. This proved that the incorporation of ionic liquid into the salted system improved the conductivity. The improvement in conductivity was due to an increase in ion mobility. The results of linear sweep voltammetry showed that the electrolyte was electrochemically stable up to 3.07 V.

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M.S.A Rani would like to thank the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education for awarding him MyBrain15 scholarship. Financial support from the University of Malaya (research grants RG255-13AFR and PG092-2014A) is also gratefully acknowledged.

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    M. S. A. Rani

  2. School of Chemistry Science and Food Technology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600, Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

    N. H. Hassan & A. Ahmad

  3. Faculty of Sciences and Technologies, Cadi Ayyad University, Avenue A. Elkhattabi, B. P. 549, 40000, Marrakech, Morocco

    H. Kaddami

  4. Centre for Foundation Studies in Science, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    N. S. Mohamed

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Rani, M.S.A., Hassan, N.H., Ahmad, A. et al. Investigation of biosourced carboxymethyl cellulose-ionic liquid polymer electrolytes for potential application in electrochemical devices. Ionics 22, 1855–1864 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-016-1728-8

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