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Abstract

In this research, nanocomposite solid polymer electrolytes (NCSPEs) comprising methylcellulose/pectin (MC/PC) blend as host polymer, ammonium chloride (NH4Cl) as an ion source, and zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) as nanofillers were synthesized via a solution cast methodology. Techniques such as Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), electrical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), and linear sweep voltammetry (LSV) were employed to characterize the electrolyte. FTIR confirmed that the polymers, NH4Cl salt, and ZnO nanofiller interact with one another appreciably. EIS demonstrated the feasibility of achieving a conductivity of 3.13 × 10−4 Scm−1 for the optimum electrolyte at room temperature. Using the dielectric formalism technique, the dielectric properties, energy modulus, and relaxation time of NH4Cl in MC/PC/NH4Cl and MC/PC/NH4Cl/ZnO systems were determined. The contribution of chain dynamics and ion mobility was acknowledged by the presence of a peak in the imaginary portion of the modulus study. The LSV measurement yielded 4.55 V for the comparatively highest conductivity NCSPE.

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Title
Substantial Proton Ion Conduction in Methylcellulose/Pectin/Ammonium Chloride Based Solid Nanocomposite Polymer Electrolytes: Effect of ZnO Nanofiller
Author
Dennis, John Ojur 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Abdullahi Abbas Adam 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Ali, M K M 3 ; Soleimani, Hassan 1 ; Muhammad Fadhlullah Bin Abd Shukur 4 ; Ibnaouf, K H 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Aldaghri, O 3 ; Eisa, M H 3 ; Ibrahem, M A 3 ; Abubakar Bashir Abdulkadir 4 ; Cyriac, Vipin 5   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Department of Fundamental and Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Seri Iskandar 32610, Perak, Malaysia; [email protected] (J.O.D.); [email protected] (H.S.); [email protected] (M.F.B.A.S.); [email protected] (A.B.A.) 
 Department of Fundamental and Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Seri Iskandar 32610, Perak, Malaysia; [email protected] (J.O.D.); [email protected] (H.S.); [email protected] (M.F.B.A.S.); [email protected] (A.B.A.); Centre of Innovative Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (COINN), Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Seri Iskandar 32610, Perak, Malaysia; Department of Physics, Al-Qalam University Katsina, Katsina 820252, Nigeria 
 Department of Physics, College of Science, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Riyadh 13318, Saudi Arabia; [email protected] (K.H.I.); [email protected] (O.A.); [email protected] (M.H.E.); [email protected] (M.A.I.) 
 Department of Fundamental and Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Seri Iskandar 32610, Perak, Malaysia; [email protected] (J.O.D.); [email protected] (H.S.); [email protected] (M.F.B.A.S.); [email protected] (A.B.A.); Centre of Innovative Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (COINN), Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Seri Iskandar 32610, Perak, Malaysia 
 Department of Physics, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal 576104, Karnataka, India; [email protected] 
First page
706
Publication year
2022
Publication date
2022
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
20770375
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2694031441
Copyright
© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.