Phase Behavior and Ionic Conductivity of Concentrated Solutions of Polystyrene-Poly(ethylene oxide) Diblock Copolymers in an Ionic Liquid

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Title: Phase Behavior and Ionic Conductivity of Concentrated Solutions of Polystyrene-Poly(ethylene oxide) Diblock Copolymers in an Ionic Liquid

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Concentrated solutions of poly(styrene-b-ethylene oxide) (PS-PEO) diblock copolymers were prepared using the ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide [EMI][TFSI] as the solvent. The self-assembled microstructures adopted by the copolymer solutions have been characterized using small-angle X-ray scattering. Lyotropic mesophase transitions were observed, with a progression from hexagonally packed cylinders of PEO, to lamellae, to hexagonally packed cylinders of PS upon increasing [EMI][TFSI] content. The change in lamellar domain spacing with ionic liquid concentration was found to be comparable to that reported for other block copolymers in strongly selective solvents. The ionic conductivity of the concentrated PS-PEO/[EMI][TFSI] solutions was measured via impedance spectroscopy, and ranged from 1 x 10{sup -7} to 1 x 10{sup -3} S/cm at temperatures from 25-100 C. Additionally, the ionic conductivity of the solutions was found to increase with both ionic liquid concentration and molecular weight of the PEO blocks. The ionic conductivity of PEO homopolymer/[EMI][TFSI] solutions was also measured in order to compare the conductivity of the PS-PEO solutions to the expected limit for a lamellar sample with randomly oriented microstructure grains.

Authors:: Simone, Peter M; Lodge, Timothy P

Publication Date:: 2010-03-16

Research Org.:: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1006092

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 1; Journal Issue: (12) ; 12, 2009; Journal ID: ISSN 1944-8244

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: ENGLISH

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; COPOLYMERS; IMPEDANCE; IONIC CONDUCTIVITY; LAMELLAE; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLASMA SWITCHES; SCATTERING; SOLVENTS; SPECTROSCOPY

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                    Simone, Peter M, Lodge, Timothy P, and UMM). Phase Behavior and Ionic Conductivity of Concentrated Solutions of Polystyrene-Poly(ethylene oxide) Diblock Copolymers in an Ionic Liquid.  United States: N. p., 2010. 
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                    Simone, Peter M, Lodge, Timothy P, & UMM). Phase Behavior and Ionic Conductivity of Concentrated Solutions of Polystyrene-Poly(ethylene oxide) Diblock Copolymers in an Ionic Liquid.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1021/am900555f

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                    Simone, Peter M, Lodge, Timothy P, and UMM). Tue .  
        "Phase Behavior and Ionic Conductivity of Concentrated Solutions of Polystyrene-Poly(ethylene oxide) Diblock Copolymers in an Ionic Liquid".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1021/am900555f.

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@article{osti_1006092,

  title        = {Phase Behavior and Ionic Conductivity of Concentrated Solutions of Polystyrene-Poly(ethylene oxide) Diblock Copolymers in an Ionic Liquid},

  author       = {Simone, Peter M and Lodge, Timothy P and UMM)},

  abstractNote = {Concentrated solutions of poly(styrene-b-ethylene oxide) (PS-PEO) diblock copolymers were prepared using the ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide [EMI][TFSI] as the solvent. The self-assembled microstructures adopted by the copolymer solutions have been characterized using small-angle X-ray scattering. Lyotropic mesophase transitions were observed, with a progression from hexagonally packed cylinders of PEO, to lamellae, to hexagonally packed cylinders of PS upon increasing [EMI][TFSI] content. The change in lamellar domain spacing with ionic liquid concentration was found to be comparable to that reported for other block copolymers in strongly selective solvents. The ionic conductivity of the concentrated PS-PEO/[EMI][TFSI] solutions was measured via impedance spectroscopy, and ranged from 1 x 10{sup -7} to 1 x 10{sup -3} S/cm at temperatures from 25-100 C. Additionally, the ionic conductivity of the solutions was found to increase with both ionic liquid concentration and molecular weight of the PEO blocks. The ionic conductivity of PEO homopolymer/[EMI][TFSI] solutions was also measured in order to compare the conductivity of the PS-PEO solutions to the expected limit for a lamellar sample with randomly oriented microstructure grains.},

  doi          = {10.1021/am900555f},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1006092},
  journal      = {ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces},

  issn         = {1944-8244},

  number       = (12) ; 12, 2009,

  volume       = 1,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2010},

  month        = {3}

}

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