Basavarajeshwari M. Baraker

Optical, electrical, thermal properties of cadmium chloride doped PVA – PVP blend

Films of polyvinylalcohol (PVA) – polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) blend doped with Cadmium Chloride (CdCl2) in the doping range 1 wt% to 40 wt% were prepared by solution casting technique. These films were characterized using optical/UV-Vis- NIR spectroscopy, Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) and DC electrical measurements. The UV-Visible spectra were quantitatively analyzed to yield the optical parameters. The UV-Visible Spectra show intermediate absorption bands (before the final absorption edge) due to formation of energy bands in the forbidden gap of PVA-PVP. There is a prominent absorption band at 2.9 eV, from 0.5 wt% up to 1.8 wt% doping level (DL) caused by the dopant (CdCl2). The DC electrical studies showed an increase in activation energy from 2.8 eV at 0.5 wt% DL up to 3.5 eV at 4.4 wt% DL, reaching a low of 2.4 eV at 11.2 wt% DL. DSC scans show evidence of formation of chain fragments, at doping levels beyond 8 wt%.

Conductivity measurements on CdCl2 doped PVA solid polymeric electrolyte for battery application

Ionic conductivity of pure polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and 6.3 wt% of CdCl2 doped PVA solid polymeric electrolyte have been studied using DC and AC electrical measurements. From DC electrical results, the determination transference number confirmed that ions are the dominant charge carriers in CdCl2 doped PVA. Interestingly, the ion transference number (ti) for 6.3 wt% CdCl2 doped sample is significantly more (0.993), when compared to that of pure PVA (for which, ti is 0.988). Temperature dependent dielectric studies showed interesting results at different frequencies: 120 Hz, 500 Hz, 1 kHz, 5 kHz, 10 kHz and 100 kHz.Ionic conductivity of pure polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and 6.3 wt% of CdCl2 doped PVA solid polymeric electrolyte have been studied using DC and AC electrical measurements. From DC electrical results, the determination transference number confirmed that ions are the dominant charge carriers in CdCl2 doped PVA. Interestingly, the ion transference number (ti) for 6.3 wt% CdCl2 doped sample is significantly more (0.993), when compared to that of pure PVA (for which, ti is 0.988). Temperature dependent dielectric studies showed interesting results at different frequencies: 120 Hz, 500 Hz, 1 kHz, 5 kHz, 10 kHz and 100 kHz.

DBS investigation on films of cobalt chloride doped PVA-PVP blend

Films of Cobalt Chloride (CoCl2) doped polyvinylalcohol(PVA)- polyvinylpyrrolidone(PVP) blend (doped from 0.5 wt% up to 28 wt%) were prepared by solution casting, and characterized by XRD, DSC, UV-Visible Spectrometry TGA, FTIR and electrical measurements. In this paper, the results of Doppler Broadening Spectroscopy (DBS) in CoCl2 doped PVA-PVP blend is discussed. An increase in crystallinity of PVA-PVP blend, is observed, on doping it with CoCl2. The DBS results are complemented by XRD and DSC scans.