期刊
PHYSICA B-CONDENSED MATTER
卷 538, 期 -, 页码 160-166出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.physb.2018.03.031
关键词
PVA/PVP blend composite; Rare earth elements; XRD pattern; Crystallite size; Optical gap; Wemple-Didomenico model
资金
- Grant of King Khalid University (Scientific Research Deanship-Research Center) in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [KKU-SCI-367-1438/2017]
Polymer blend films based on Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)/Poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP) doped with different concentration of cerium ions [(PVA/PVP)-x wt.% Ce3+] (x = 3%, 5%, 10% and 15%) were prepared by the conventional solution casting technique. The characteristics of the prepared polymer composite films were studied using X-ray diffraction (XRD), FT-IR and UV-Vis. spectroscopy. The XRD patterns of the investigated samples revealed a clear reduction on the structural parameters such as crystallinity degree and cluster size D of the doped PVA/PVP blend films compared with the virgin one whereas there is no big difference in the d spacing of the product composite films. Significant changes in FT-IR spectra are observed which reveal an interactions between the cerium ions and PVA/PVP blends. The absorption spectra in the ultraviolet-visible region showed a wide red shift in the fundamental absorption edge of (PVA/PVP)-x wt. % Ce3+ composites. The optical gap E-g gradually decreased from 4.54 eV for the undoped PVA/PVP film to 3.10 eV by increasing Ce3+ ions content. The optical dispersion parameters have been analyzed according to Wemple-Didomenico single oscillator model. The dispersion energy E-d, the single oscillator energy E-o, the average inter-band oscillator wavelength lambda(o) and the static refractive index n(o) are strongly affected by cerium ions doping. Cerium ions incorporation in PVA/PVP blend films leads to a significant increase in the refractive index and decrease in the optical gap. These results are likely of great important in varieties of applications including polymer waveguides, organic semiconductors, polymer solar cells and optoelectronics devices.
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