Epoxy resin systems modified with ionic liquids and ceramic nanoparticles as structural composites for multifunctional applications
Publicated to:Polymer. 214 123233- - 2021-02-01 214(), DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2020.123233
Authors: Muñoz BK; del Bosque A; Sánchez M; Utrilla V; Prolongo SG; Prolongo MG; Ureña A
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Abstract
© 2020 Elsevier Ltd Nowadays, there is a great environmental urgency in finding new and more efficient alternatives to reduce CO2 and other greenhouse gases emissions in urban mobility. The development of high-performance energy storage devices is a key breakpoint in making this possible. All the efforts are addressed in obtaining efficient energy storage devices and for this a solid electrolyte becomes indispensable. For urban safety in electrical vehicles (EVs), their resistance and mechanical properties are as important as energy storage capability. In this article we developed solid polymer electrolytes (SPEs) based on epoxy resins and their hardeners, ionic liquid, lithium salt and/or titania nanoparticles. We studied the dynamic curing by DSC and determined the activation energies and curing enthalpies for the solids. The optimized SPE, combining titania nanoparticles and ionic liquid, showed promising mechanical properties (Tg > 70 °C and storage modulus at 30 °C > 1 GPa).
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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel
The work has been published in the journal Polymer due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2021, it was in position 22/90, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Polymer Science.
From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations from Scopus Elsevier, it yields a value for the Field-Weighted Citation Impact from the Scopus agency: 1.39, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 14, 2024)
This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:
- Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 3.09 (source consulted: Dimensions Jul 2025)
Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-07-09, the following number of citations:
- WoS: 7
- Scopus: 24