Study on Mg-ion conducting solid biopolymer electrolytes based on tamarind seed polysaccharide for magnesium ion batteries. (October 2019) - Perumal, P.
Graphical abstract: Highlights: Ø Exploration of Mg-ion conducting solid biopolymer electrolyte based on tamarind seed polysaccharide (TSP) host. The 0.25 (m.m.%) Mg(ClO4 )2 embedded TSP complex exhibited an excellent ionic conductivity of 5.66 × 10 −4 cm −1, Ø The TSP with optimum salt concentration shows excellent conductivity of 5.66 × 10 −4 Scm −1 . Mg battery with TSP and optimum salt concentration shows OCP of 2.36 V and exhibits good thermal and electrochemical stability. Abstract: Natural bio-macromolecule tamarind seed polysaccharide (TSP) with magnesium perchlorate (Mg(ClO4 )2 ) salt based Mg-ion conducting solid electrolyte was prepared by solution casting technique. The influence of different concentrations of Mg(ClO4 )2 salt on the electrical and electrochemical performances of TSP were systematically investigated. Addition of salt into TSP matrix, change in their structural, vibrational and morphological properties were studied and analyzed through XRD, FTIR and FESEM methods respectively. The TSP with 0.25 (m.m.%) Mg(ClO4 )2 salt complex exhibited good thermal stability and high electrochemical window. The TSP with 0.25 (m.m.%) of Mg(ClO4 )2 offers a maximum Mg-ion conductivity of 5.66 × 10 −4 Scm −1 at ambient temperature with maximum ionic transference number of 0.43. Primary Mg-ion battery was constructed using the highest Mg-ion conducting sample and their operations were explored. The constructed primary battery exhibited the open circuit potential of 2.36 V at room temperature.