Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, Vol.374, 561-568, 2002
Starch based solid polymeric electrolytes
New solid polymeric electrolytes were obtained from amylopectin rich starch plasticized with glycerol and containing lithium perchlorate salt. The transparent film samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction and thermal analysis (DSC). The ionic conductivity measurements were obtained by impedance complex spectroscopy as a function of temperature three different salt contents. The conductivity of 5.05.10(-5) S/cm at room temperature were obtained for the samples of starch plasticized with 30% of glycerol and containing [O]/[Li] = 8. These results show that starch is very good material to be used for preparation of new solid polymeric electrolytes.