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Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, Vol.570, No.1, 1-11, 2013
Study and Characterization of a Novel Polymer Electrolyte Based on Agar Doped with Magnesium Triflate
In the present work one host natural matrix agar has been doped with magnesium triflate (Mg(CF3SO3)2) with the goal of developing electrolytes for the fabrication of solid-state devices. The resulting samples have been represented by the notation AgarnMg(CF3SO3)2, where n represents the percentage of the magnesium triflate salt proportion in the electrolyte samples. The samples investigated, with n between 0.00% and 37.56%, have been obtained as transparent and thin films. The samples have been characterized by conductivity measurements, thermal analysis, cyclic voltammetry, X-ray diffraction (XRD), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The agar-based electrolytes were also tested as ionic conductor in an electrochromic device with the following configuration: glass/indium tin oxide (ITO)/WO3/agar-based electrolyte/CeO2TiO2/ITO/glass.