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Cellulose hydrogel as a flexible gel electrolyte layer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 January 2019

Aswani Poosapati ,
Eunhwa Jang ,
Deepa Madan Open the ORCID record for Deepa Madan [Opens in a new window] ,
Nathaniel Jang ,
Liangbing Hu  and
Yucheng Lan
Aswani Poosapati
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, MD 21250, USA
Eunhwa Jang
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, MD 21250, USA
Deepa Madan*
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, MD 21250, USA
Nathaniel Jang
Affiliation:
Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Liangbing Hu
Affiliation:
Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Yucheng Lan
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD 21251, USA
*
Address all correspondence to Deepa Madan at deemadan@umbc.edu
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Abstract

We report the synthesis of a novel polymer gel electrolyte primarily based on cellulose extracted from wood along with gelatin, polyacrylic acid (PAA) and potassium hydroxide (KOH) added as additives in minute amounts in various stages. We also study and report the variation of ionic conductivity with variation of various additives. We found that, with variation of additives to hydrogel, its stability and degree of crystallinity are varied. The results were confirmed using x-ray diffraction and Fourier transform infrared spectra studies. An average best ionic conductivity of 96.89mS/cm was reported for a hydrogel: gelatin: PAA: KOH system, which is one of the best reported values of ionic conductivity for gel electrolytes.

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MRS Communications , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , March 2019 , pp. 122 - 128
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2019 

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