Abstract
Complex impedance and multifrequency 23Na nuclear magnetic resnoance (NMR) measurements on a poly (propylene oxide): sodium tetraphenylborate, PPO8NaB(C6H5)4, solid polymer electrolyte, with a composition of eight ether oxygens per sodium, are reported. The NMR linewidths are found to be second-order quadrupole broadened, thus indicating low site-symmetry for the Na+ ions. The title compound exhibits some interesting differences in properties compared to other PPO-Na salt complexes, including an anomalously low value of the stretched exponential parameter ßse (obtained in fits to electric modulus data), an unusually high glass transition temperature (Tg=306 K), and sub-Tg line narrowing of lower frequency 23Na resonances. This last phenomenon is attributed to strong interaction between the Na+ ions and their large [B(C6H5)4]- counterions caused by the localization of the [B(C6H5)4]- anions in weak interactions with the polymer chains which, in turn, leads to the elevated glass transition temperatures.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 277-284 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Solid State Ionics |
Volume | 45 |
Issue number | 3-4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 1991 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Chemistry
- General Materials Science
- Condensed Matter Physics