Journal
PHYSICA SCRIPTA
Volume 89, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0031-8949/89/03/035701
Keywords
solid polymer electrolyte; starch-chitosan blend; ammonium iodide; conductivity; FTIR; conduction mechanism
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- University of Malaya [PG050-2012B]
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This work focuses on the characteristics of polymer blend electrolytes based on corn starch and chitosan doped with ammonium iodide (NH4I). The electrolytes were prepared using the solution cast method. A polymer blend comprising 80 wt% starch and 20 wt% chitosan was found to be the most amorphous blend and suitable to serve as the polymer host. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy analysis proved the interaction between starch, chitosan and NH4I. The highest room temperature conductivity of (3.04 +/- 0.32) x 10(-4) S cm(-1) was obtained when the polymer host was doped with 40 wt% NH4I. This result was further proven by field emission scanning electron microscopy study. All electrolytes were found to obey the Arrhenius rule. Dielectric studies confirm that the electrolytes obeyed non-Debye behavior. The temperature dependence of the power law exponent s for the highest conducting sample follows the quantum mechanical tunneling model.
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