Influence of scan rate on CV Pattern: Electrical and electrochemical properties of plasticized Methylcellulose: Dextran (MC:Dex) proton conducting polymer electrolytes

Solid polymer electrolytes containing methylcellulose:dextran (MC-DEX), ammonium hexafluorophosphate (NH4PF6), and glycerol have been prepared via the solution cast method. Various techniques have been used to characterize the prepared electrolyte samples. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) analysis revealed the interaction between polymers and electrolyte components. According to the electrical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), the highest conducting plasticized system achieves a conductivity of 6.71 × 10-4 S cm−1 at ambient temperature. The mobility, number density, and diffusion coefficient of ions were measured using both FTIR and EIS methods, and it was found that their values rise as the amount of glycerol increases. Polarization due to ion migration is responsible for the high value of dielectric parameters. According to transference number measurement (TNM), the transport ion (tion) is 0.92, verifying that the ions are the primary charge carriers. The electrochemical stability window of the maximum conducting plasticized system is 1.58 V, based on linear sweep voltammetry (LSV) analysis. The electrical double-layer capacitor (EDLC) device is fabricated using the highest conducting plasticized system. The cyclic voltammetry (CV) curve is roughly rectangular in shape and with no presence of Faradaic peaks with its specific capacitance of 32.69F/g at 10 mV/s.