Characterization of proton conducting carboxymethyf celiulose/chitosan dual-blend based biopolymer electrolytes
This article presents the discovery on biopolymer electrolytes comprising of ammonium nitrate, NH4N03 with dual-blend biopolymer materials, carboxymethyl cellulose/chitosan which were prepared via solution-casting technique. The biopolymer blend based electrolyte films were characterized by Fouri...
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| Format: | Conference or Workshop Item |
| Language: | English |
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2014
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/15946/1/0001.pdf |
| Summary: | This article presents the discovery on biopolymer electrolytes comprising of ammonium
nitrate, NH4N03 with dual-blend biopolymer materials, carboxymethyl cellulose/chitosan which
were prepared via solution-casting technique. The biopolymer blend based electrolyte films were
characterized by Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy to investigate the formation of the dualblend
biopolymer based complexes. X-Ray Diffraction result showed that all dual-blend samples
Werepredominantly amorphous. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy was conducted to obtain
their ionic conductivities. The highest conductivity at ambient temperature of 1.03 x 10-5 S cm-l
was obtained for the electrolyte film containing 40 wt% of NH4N03. These results indicated that
the dual-blend biopolymer based electrolyte has potential for application of electrochemical
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