Studies on the Effect of Nano-Sized MgO in Magnesium-Ion Conducting Gel Polymer Electrolyte for Rechargeable Magnesium Batteries

Na Wu; Wei Wang; Yu Wei; Taohai Li

doi:10.3390/en10081215

Energies (Aug 2017)

Studies on the Effect of Nano-Sized MgO in Magnesium-Ion Conducting Gel Polymer Electrolyte for Rechargeable Magnesium Batteries

Na Wu,
Wei Wang,
Yu Wei,
Taohai Li

Affiliations

Na Wu: Key Laboratory of Inorganic Nanomaterials of Hebei Province, College of Chemistry and Material Science, Hebei Advance Thin Films Laboratory, College of Physical Science and Information Engineering, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Chemistry Education, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050024, China
Wei Wang: Key Laboratory of Inorganic Nanomaterials of Hebei Province, College of Chemistry and Material Science, Hebei Advance Thin Films Laboratory, College of Physical Science and Information Engineering, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Chemistry Education, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050024, China
Yu Wei: Key Laboratory of Inorganic Nanomaterials of Hebei Province, College of Chemistry and Material Science, Hebei Advance Thin Films Laboratory, College of Physical Science and Information Engineering, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Chemistry Education, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050024, China
Taohai Li: Key Lab of Environment Friendly Chemistry and Application in Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/en10081215
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 8
p. 1215

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Magnesium-ion conducting gel polymer electrolytes (GPEs) with different contents of nano-sized MgO have been prepared and investigated by various electrical and electrochemical techniques. The Mg2+ ion conduction in GPEs was confirmed from cyclic voltammetry and impedance analysis. It was found that doping appropriate nano-sized MgO in the GPE can induce significant improvements in both the electrochemical and the mechanical properties of GPEs. The composite GPE with 7% MgO shows a high ionic conductivity of 4.6 × 10−3 S/cm with electrochemical stability up to 4.7 V versus Mg2+/Mg at room temperature. Furthermore, it is free-standing and flexible with high tensile strength (9.7 ± 0.1 MPa) and elongation at break (91.7 ± 0.2%), further ensuring their potential applications as GPEs for rechargeable Mg batteries.

Published in Energies

ISSN: 1996-1073 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Technology
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/energies

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