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A potassium ion conducting polyblend electrolyte based on polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP) + polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) complexed with KBrO3 was prepared using solution-cast technique. The electrical conductivity and transference number measurements were performed to characterize the polyblend electrolyte for battery applications. These measurements have shown that the electrolyte is a mixed (ionic + electronic) conductor, the charge transport being mainly ionic (tion=0.97). Using the electrolyte, electrochemical cells with configurations K / (PVP+PVA+KBrO3)/(I2), K / (PVP+PVA+KBrO3)/(I2+C) and K/(PVP+PVA+KBrO3) / (I2+C+electrolyte) were fabricated and their discharge characteristics studied. The cell with configuration K / (PVP+PVA+KBrO3) / (I2+C+electrolyte) exhibited better discharge characteristics than the other configurations. The other cell parameters like open circuit voltage (OCV), short circuit current (SCC) etc. were evaluated and are reported.
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Subba Reddy, C.V., Sharma, A.K. & Narasimha Rao, V.V.R. Characterization of a solid state battery based on polyblend of (PVP+PVA+KBrO3) electrolyte. Ionics 10, 142–147 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02410324
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