Functionality of zirconium nanofiller on structural and ionic properties of PVDF -co-HFP blended with PMMA nanocomposite polymer electrolytes.

PVDF-co HFP blended PMMA complexed with Mg(CF3SO3)2 polymer electrolytes were synthesized using the solution casting process, zirconium nanofiller of 20 nm has been distributed with various concentrations. Utilising electronic Impedance Spectroscopy from 1Hz to 10MHz at various temperatures, the sample's electrical properties are investigated. The dielectric permittivity values of real (ε'), imaginary (ε"), electric modulus (M' and M"), and relaxation time are used to analyse the sample's dielectric behaviour. The thermal behaviour of composite polymer electrolytes Disseminated with Zirconium nanofiller are changed tremendously. The ionic conduction of nano composite polymer electrolyte films has been improved by one order of magnitude by the addition of nano filler, and the extreme ionic conductivity (0.3434 x 10−3 Scm−1) is perceived for 8 wt % of ZrO2 dispersed in PVDF-co-HFP, PMMA & Mg(CF3SO3)2 polymer electrolyte system. The growth in conductivity is ascribed to an increase in disconnection of ions and conception of large number of conducting paths for ion mobility by the addition of nano sized ZrO2. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]