Microporous fibrous polymer electrolytes were prepared by immersing electrospun poly͑acrylonitrile͒ ͑PAN͒-based fibrous membranes into lithium salt-based electrolytes. They showed high ionic conductivities of up to 1.0 ϫ 10 −3 S/cm at 20°C, and sufficient electrochemical stabilities of up to 4.5 V. Their ion conduction depended on the physicochemical properties of the lithium salt-based electrolytes trapped in pores, as well as on the interactions among the Li + ion, the carbonate, and the PAN. From the Fourier transform-Raman data, lithium ion transport was mainly achieved by the lithium salt-based electrolytes in pores via the interaction between the Li + ion and the C=O group of carbonate molecules, and was also affected by the PAN through the interaction between the Li + ion and the CϵN groups of PAN. Their electrochemical stabilities were enhanced by the swelling of the electrospun PAN nanofibers because of the dipolar interaction between the CϵN groups of PAN and the C=O groups of carbonate in the lithium salt-based electrolytes. Prototype cells using electrospun PAN-based fibrous polymer electrolytes thus showed different cyclic performances, according to the composition of the lithium salt-based electrolytes. The prototype cell with 1 M LiPF 6-ethylene carbonate/dimethyl carbonate ͑1/1͒ showed the highest discharge capacity and the most stable cyclic performance among them.
Poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVdF) fine fiber of 200-300 nm in diameter was prepared through the electrospinning process. Dehydrofluorination of PVdF-based fibers for making infusible fiber was carried out using DBU, and the infusible PVdF-based nanofibers were then carbonized at 900-1800 o C. The structural properties and morphologies of the resulting carbon nanofibers were investigated using XRD, Raman IR, SEM, TEM, and surface area & pore analysis. The PVdF-based carbon nanofibers had rough surfaces composed of 20to 30-nm granular carbons, indicating their high surface area in the range of 400-970 m 2 /g. They showed amorphous structures. In the case of the highly ehydrofluorinated PVdF fiber, the resulting carbon fiber had a smoother surface, with d 002 = 0.34-0.36 nm, and a very low surface area of 16-33 m 2 /g. The hydrogen storage capacities of the above carbon nano-fibers were measured, using the gravimetric method, by magnetic suspension balance (MSB), at room temperature and at 100 bars. The storage data were obtained after the buoyancy correction. The PVdF-based microporous carbon nanofibers showed a hydrogen storage capacity of 0.04-0.4 wt%. The hydrogen storage capacity depended on the dehydrofluorination of the PVdF nanofiber precursor, and on the carbonization temperatures.
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