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Conductivity of Lithium-Conducting Nafion Membranes Plasticized by Binary and Ternary Mixtures in the Sulfolan–Ethylene Carbonate–Diglyme System

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The electrotransport characteristics of the polymer electrolyte based on lithiated Nafion-115 membrane plasticized by high-boiling dipolar aprotic solvents—sulfolane (SL), ethylene carbonate (EC), and diglyme (G2) and also by their binary and ternary mixtures are studied in a wide temperature interval (from –60 to +80°C). The best transport properties (conductivity 10–5–10–4 S cm–1 in the interval from –20 to +70°C) are demonstrated by samples plasticized with binary mixtures EC/G2 and EC/SL in certain ratios. The ternary plasticizer provides low activation energy (10–20 kJ mol–1) and sufficiently high conductivity in the temperature region not lower than –10°C.

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    R. R. Kayumov, L. V. Shmygleva, E. Yu. Evshchik, E. A. Sanginov & Yu. A. Dobrovolsky

  2. Institute of Solid State Chemistry, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, Russia

    N. A. Popov & O. V. Bushkova

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Kayumov, R.R., Shmygleva, L.V., Evshchik, E.Y. et al. Conductivity of Lithium-Conducting Nafion Membranes Plasticized by Binary and Ternary Mixtures in the Sulfolan–Ethylene Carbonate–Diglyme System. Russ J Electrochem 57, 911–920 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1023193521060045

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