Structural Studies of Solid Biopolymer Electrolyte System Based on  2-Hydroxyethyl Cellulose Blend with Ammonium Chloride

Amzar Arif Mejenom Mejenom; Mohd Ikmar Nizam  Mohamad Isa; Muthuvinayagam M.

doi:10.37934/ard.126.1.1525

Authors

Amzar Arif Mejenom Mejenom Energy Materials Consortium (EMC), Advanced Materials Team, Ionic & Kinetic Materials Research (IKMaR) Laboratory, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, 71800 Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
Mohd Ikmar Nizam Mohamad Isa Energy Materials Consortium (EMC), Advanced Materials Team, Ionic & Kinetic Materials Research (IKMaR) Laboratory, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, 71800 Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
Muthuvinayagam M. Department of Applied Physics, Saveetha School of Engineering, Saveetha University (SIMATS), Chennai, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37934/ard.126.1.1525

Keywords:

Biopolymer electrolytes, ionic conductivity, X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR)

Abstract

The discovery of solid biopolymer electrolytes (SBE) made of biopolymer materials, 2-Hyroxyethyl Cellulose (2HEC) containing ammonium chloride (NH₄Cl), is presented in this article. The samples were measured using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) to determine their ionic conductivities. The sample containing 16% NH₄Cl had the highest conductivity at room temperature, which was 1.74 x 10^-3 Scm^-1. Based on the X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) results, all samples were mostly amorphous. In order to explore the production of biopolymer-based complexes, Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy was used to describe the interaction of biopolymer-based electrolyte films. These findings demonstrated the potential of the biopolymer-based electrolyte for use in electrochemical devices.