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Ftir Studies Of Pema/Pvdf-Hfp Blend Polymer Electrolyte System Incorporated With Licf3so3 Salt, Siti Rohana Majid, Sim L. N., Arof A. K. Dec 2011

Ftir Studies Of Pema/Pvdf-Hfp Blend Polymer Electrolyte System Incorporated With Licf3so3 Salt, Siti Rohana Majid, Sim L. N., Arof A. K.

Siti Rohana Majid

Poly(ethyl methacrylate), PEMA and poly(vinylidenefluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene). PVdF-HFP have been chosen as hosts for the development of a polymer blend electrolyte system. Lithium trifluoromethanesulfonate (triflate), LiCF3SO3 is the lithium ion, Li+ provider. The ratio of PEMA:PVdF-HFP in the blend is fixed at 70:30 in order to obtain transparent films with good mechanical stability. The polymers and LiCF3SO3 salt have been refluxed for 2 h at temperatures between 55 and 65 degrees C. The concentration of LiCF3SO3 salt has been varied from 0 to 40 wt.%. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy has shown that blending between PEMA and PVdF-HFP has occurred from the …


Pmma-Libob Gel Electrolyte For Application In Lithium Ion Batteries, Siti Rohana Majid, Kufian M. Z., Aziz M. F., Shukur M. F., Rahim A. S., Ariffin N. E., Shuhaimi N. E. A., Yahya R., Arof A. K. Dec 2011

Pmma-Libob Gel Electrolyte For Application In Lithium Ion Batteries, Siti Rohana Majid, Kufian M. Z., Aziz M. F., Shukur M. F., Rahim A. S., Ariffin N. E., Shuhaimi N. E. A., Yahya R., Arof A. K.

Siti Rohana Majid

Different amounts of lithium bis(oxalato) borate (LiBOB) have been added into a mixture of equal weights of ethylene carbonate (EC) and propylene carbonate (PC). The variation of molar conductivity of the LiBOB based liquid electrolyte with square root of salt concentration obeys the weak electrolyte theory. The 0.6 M LiBOB in EC/PC liquid electrolyte with highest room temperature conductivity of 4.8 mS cm(-1) was chosen for further work. 10 to 50 wt.% PMMA was added to this composition and heated between 343 and 353 K for 20 min to obtain the gel polymer electrolytes (GPEs). Due to its dry state …


Graphene Oxide And Its Electrochemical Performance, Siti Rohana Majid, Ban F. Y., Huang N. M., Lim H. N. Dec 2011

Graphene Oxide And Its Electrochemical Performance, Siti Rohana Majid, Ban F. Y., Huang N. M., Lim H. N.

Siti Rohana Majid

In this study, graphene oxide (GO) was synthesized from graphite flakes using simplified Hummer's method. Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM) image showed that the GO nanosheets had an average area 7000 mu m(2) with lateral dimension of up to 150 mu m. The X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) pattern revealed a (002) diffraction peak, signifying the successful synthesis of GO. GO solution was cast on an aluminum (Al) foil placed in a petri dish and left to dry to form an electrode made up of GO film on the Al foil (GO-Al). It was found that GO-Al exhibited equivalent series resistance …