Browsing by Author "Sadiq, Mohd"

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    Effect of variation of different nanofillers on structural, electrical, dielectric, and transport properties of blend polymer nanocomposites
    (Institute for Ionics, 2018) Arya,Anil; Sadiq, Mohd; Sharma, A.L.
    In the present work, the effect of various nanofillers with different particle sizes and dielectric constants (BaTiO3, CeO2, Er2O3, or TiO2) on blend solid polymer electrolyte comprising PEO and PVC complexed with bulky LiPF6 has been explored. The XRD analysis confirms the polymer nanocomposite formation. FTIR provides evidence of interaction among the functional groups of the polymer with the ions and the nanofiller in terms of shifting and change of the peak profile. The highest ionic conductivity is ~ 2.3 x10−55 S cm−1 with a wide electrochemical stability window of f ~ 3.5 V for 10 wt% Er2O3. The real and imaginary parts of dielectric permittivity follow the identical trend of the decreasing value of dielectric permittivity and dielectric loss with increase in the frequency. The particle size and the dielectric constant show an abnormal trend with different nanofillers. The AC conductivity follows the universal Jonscher power law, and an effective mechanism has been proposed to understand the nanofiller interaction with cation coordinated polymer.
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    High performance of the sodium-ion conducting flexible polymer blend composite electrolytes for electrochemical double-layer supercapacitor applications
    (John Wiley and Sons Inc, 2022-04-12T00:00:00) Sadiq, Mohd; Tanwar, Shweta; Raza, Mohammad Moeen Hasan; Aalam, Shah Masheerul; Sarvar, Mohd; Zulfequar, Mohammad; Sharma, A.L.; Ali, Javid
    Herein, we present the synthesis of a nanocomposite blend of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), polyethylene glycol (PEG), sodium nitrate (NaNO3), and various weight percent of nanofillers, BaTiO3, using a simple standard solution casting technique. The prepared nanocomposites are characterized in detail via techniques such as X-ray diffraction technique, field-emission scanning microscope, FTIR, and Raman spectra for confirming the crystal structure, morphology, and chemical bond formation within the samples, respectively. The suitable ionic conductivity of prepared samples is in the range of 10?4�10?8�S/cm at room temperature. Further, its maximum electrochemical stability window is ~4.1 V, and the ionic transference number is about 0.96 (15 wt%) at room temperature. The results associated with the optimized polymer nanocomposite motivated us to check its practical applicability for supercapacitors. The cyclic voltammetry of the fabricated cell based on optimized polymer as separator cum electrolyte appears as a distorted rectangle with no redox peaks. The cell charge storage mechanism is explored to be the electric double layer (EDLC) in nature. The maximum specific capacitance exhibited by the cell is nearly 4.4 F/g at a scan rate of 3 mV/s. The energy and power densities delivered by the same cell are equal to 27.7�W h kg?1 and 9972 W kg?1, respectively, which sustain for 100 cycles. The results of the designed cell reveal that both blend polymer composite electrolyte films and the composite electrode can be implemented to be used for EDLC supercapacitor. � 2022 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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    Role of low salt concentration on electrical conductivity in blend polymeric films
    (Integrated Science, 2016) Arya, Anil; Sharma, Sweety; Sadiq, Mohd; Sharma, A. L.
    A new blend polymer electrolyte based on polyethyelene oxide (PEO) and polyacrylonitrile (PAN) doped with Lithium Hexafluorophosphate (LiPF6) has been prepared by solution casting technique using Dimethyalformamide (DMF) as solvent. The prepared samples were characterized by FTIR, FESEM and ac impedance spectroscopic measurements. The complex formation between blend polymer (0.5g PEO: 0.5g PAN) and LiPF6 has been studied using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). From AC impedance spectroscopic analysis there is enhancement of two order on addition of salt than pure PEO-PAN. The effect of low salt concentration on the conductivity and surface morphology of the blend polymer electrolyte has been discussed.
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    Structural, Electrical and Ion Transport Properties of Free Standing Blended Solid Polymeric Thin Films
    (Springer, 2018) Arya, Anil; Sadiq, Mohd; Sharma, Achchhe Lal
    Blended solid polymeric thin films based on PEO–PVP complexed with LiBOB were synthesized by solution cast technique. The effect of salt on morphology, structure and electrochemical properties was examined. The XRD and FESEM analyses reveal the enhancement of amorphous content on salt addition. The FTIR spectroscopy evidences the complex formation and presence of various microscopic interactions. The ionic conductivity for the optimized system has been estimated and found to be two orders higher than the salt-free system, i.e., ~ 5.1 × 10−6 S cm−1 (@40 °C), and remains increasing with temperature i.e. 6.5 × 10−4 S cm−1 (@100 °C) for O/Li = 16. The enhancement of ionic conductivity is attributed to increase in the number density of mobile ions as concluded by the Rice and Roth model. The high tion (~ 0.99) evidences the ionic nature of complexed electrolyte. DSC analysis evidences the suppression of crystallinity and shift of glass transition and melting temperature toward lower temperature implies the enhancement of the amorphous content and forms the rubbery nature of the thin films which support the faster ion conductions. Finally, an interaction scheme is proposed for a better explanation of the ion transport on the basis of experimental findings.