Oral Presentation Australian & New Zealand Society of Magnetic Resonance Conference 2017

NMR study of Poly(Ionic Liquids) Block Copolymers: Relaxation and Dynamics (#22)

Tan Vu Huynh 1 , Nicolas Goujon 2 , Pauline Ruiz 1 , Maria Forsyth 2 , Luke O'Dell 1
  1. Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
  2. Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia

Poly(ionic liquid) block copolymers based on TFSI or imidazole ionic liquids are innovative classes of polymers electrolytes because they possess advanced properties of ionic liquids like thermal stability, non-flammability, high ionic conductivity while preventing their inherent problems such as leakage, low mechanical strength [1]. Most studies of neat poly(ionic liquids) (without salts) have focused on conductivity  [2,3], some of them interpreting the direct current conductivity based on ion-pair repetitive formation/dissociation process and the translational diffusion of the counteranions  [4]. Besides that, by elevating temperature, poly(ionic liquids)  electrolytes (with salts) exhibit an increase in lithium transport number which is interpreted by the improvement of ion dissociation [5]. These have given the motivation to use 7Li and 19F NMR longitudinal relaxation and self-diffusion coefficients measurements (by PFG-NMR)  to study the dynamics of ionic species (Li+, FSI-, TFSI-) in  poly(ionic liquids) electrolytes.  The results are expected to elucidate the ions transport mechanism, which will help to design novel electrolytes for lithium-metal batteries.

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