Abstract
The amphiphilic polymers poly[2,5,8,11,14-pentaoxapentadecamethylene(5- hexadecyloxy-1,3-phenylene)] 1 (abbrev. C16O5), its homologues C16On, n = 1-4, and its copolymers with C16O1 have been synthesised by two Williamson procedures. Method X gives polyether-esters; method Y gives pure polyethers. DSC, optical microscopy, small-to-wide angle X-ray diffraction and complex impedance spectroscopy have been used to investigate organisation and ionic conductivities of the C16On and the C16O5-C16O1 copolymer series and their complexes with LiClO4 and LiBF4. Four-component mixtures of the latter systems (polymers I) with polyoxytetramethylene-decamethylene copolymer (II) and an octadecyl-terminated ABA block copolymer (III) (interfacial stabiliser) ('type D' systems) gave high ambient conductivities (≥ 10-4 S cm-1) with low temperature dependence. Highest conductivities (8 × 10-4 S cm-1 at 20°C) were observed with a type D system based upon C12C18O5X.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 363-378 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Faraday Discussions |
| Volume | 128 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2005 |
| Externally published | Yes |