Zl. Peng et al., INVESTIGATION OF IONIC-CONDUCTIVITY OF POLYMERIC ELECTROLYTES BASED ON POLY(ETHER URETHANE) NETWORKS USING POSITRON PROBE, Physics letters. A, 194(3), 1994, pp. 228-234
Positron-lifetime measurements have been made for poly(ether urethane)
undoped and doped with [LiClO4]/[Unit] = 0.05 in the temperature rang
e of 120-340 K. The measured lifetime spectra were resolved into three
components. The lifetime and the intensity of orthopositronium were u
sed to evaluate the amount of the free volume in poly(ether urethane).
It was found that the variation of ionic conductivity with temperatur
e and salt concentration can be rationalised in terms of free volume c
onsideration.