Malays. J. Anal. Sci. Volume 29 Number 1 (2025): 899

 

Research Article

 

Comparison studies of MnCo and MnCoCr layered double hydroxide on polymer electrolyte’s application

 

Fatin Nabihah Mukhtar, Nur Alyaa Kamal, Siti Nurul ‘Afini Mohd Johari, Nur Alia Maisarah Saiful Bhari, and Nazrizawati Ahmad Tajuddin*

 

School of Chemistry and Environment, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 UiTM Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

 

*Corresponding author: nazriza@uitm.edu.my

 

Received: 1 August 2023; Revised: 7 December 2024; Accepted: 8 January 2025; Published: 20 February 2025

 

Abstract

Polymer electrolytes are electrolytic materials which can be found in batteries, fuel cells and other applications. In this study, Mn3.0Co1.0 and Mn3.0Co1.0Cr1.0 layered double hydroxide (LDH) will be used as a filler in polymer electrolyte’s application. The addition of a filler into polymer electrolytes can extensively be applied in commercial Li-ion batteries. LDH are lamellar compounds and have been prepared via alkali-free co-precipitation method. Synthesis of LDH using alkali could cause a major problem in the battery reactor such as corrosion and subsequently will affect the environment. Thus, alkali-free route is chosen to overcome the above-mentioned problems. The samples were characterized using TGA, PXRD, FTIR and FESEM to determine their thermal stability, crystallinity, chemical bonding and morphology. The samples were then used as a filler in polymer electrolyte films. Polyethylene oxide (PEO) was used as the host polymer and LDH samples as the filler. There were two systems conducted which are PEO and PEO with addition of fillers. The characterization was carried out on electrical conductivity by using EIS and as expected, the usage of the calcined Mn3.0Co1.0 LDH gave excellent performance compared to all other samples with 1.1276 x 10-8 S/m.

 

Keywords: alkali-free method, filler, polymer electrolyte, layered double hydroxide, EIS

 

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