title: FTIR studies of PVC/PMMA blend based polymer electrolytes.
abstract: The polymer electrolytes composing of the blend of polyvinyl chloride-polymethyl methacrylate (PVC/PMMA) with lithium triflate (LiCF3SO3) as salt, ethylene carbonate (EC) and dibutyl phthalate (DBP) as plasticizers and silica (SiO2) as the composite filler were prepared. FTIR studies confirm the complexation between PVC/PMMA blends. The CCl stretching mode at 834 cm-1 for pure PVC is shifted to 847 cm-1 in PVC-PMMA-LiCF3SO3 system. This suggests that there is interaction between Cl in PVC with Li+ ion from LiCF3SO3. The band due to OCH3 at 1150 cm-1 for PVC-PMMA blend is shifted to 1168 cm-1 in PVC-PMMA-LiCF3SO3 system. This shift is expected to be due to the interaction between Li+ ion and the oxygen atom in PMMA. The symmetric vibration band and the asymmetric vibration band of LiCF3SO3 at 1033 and 1256 cm-1 shifted to 1075 and 1286 cm-1 in the DBP-EC plasticized PVC-PMMA-LiCF3SO3 complexes. The interaction between Li+ ions and SiO2 will lead to an increase in the number of free plasticizers (which does not interact with Li+ ions). When the silica content increases from 2% to 5%, the intensity of the peak at 896 cm-1 (due to the ring breathing vibration of free EC) increases in PVC-PMMA-LiCF3SO3-DBP-EC system.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Engineering & Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Jalan Genting Kelang, Setapak, 53300 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ramesh@mail.utar.edu.my
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ramesh
authors.forename: Koay Hang
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Leen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kumutha
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Arof
mesh_terms: D003993:Dibutyl Phthalate / Q000737:chemistry; D004148:Dioxolanes / Q000737:chemistry; D004573:Electrolytes / Q000737:chemistry*; D018020:Lithium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate / Q000737:chemistry*; D011143:Polyvinyl Chloride / Q000737:chemistry*; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D014732:Vibration
chemical_list: D004148:Dioxolanes; D004573:Electrolytes; D018020:Lithium Compounds; D003993:Dibutyl Phthalate; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; D011143:Polyvinyl Chloride; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate; C031133:ethylene carbonate