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AC impedance studies on proton-conducting PAN : NH4SCN polymer electrolytes

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Solid polymer electrolytes based on polyacrylonitrile (PAN) doped with ammonium thiocyanate (NH4SCN) in different molar ratios of polymer and salt have been prepared by solution-casting method using DMF as solvent. The increase in amorphous nature of the polymer electrolytes has been confirmed by XRD analysis. A shift in glass transition temperature (T g) of the PAN : NH4SCN electrolytes has been observed from the DSC thermograms which indicates the interaction between the polymer and the salt. From the AC impedance spectroscopic analysis, the ionic conductivity has been found to increase with increasing salt concentration up to 30 mol% of NH4SCN beyond which the conductivity decreases and the highest ambient temperature conductivity has been found to be 5.79 × 10−3 S cm−1. The temperature-dependent conductivity of the polymer electrolyte follows an Arrhenius relationship which shows hopping of ions in the polymer matrix. The dielectric loss curves for the sample 70 mol% PAN : 30 mol% NH4SCN reveal the low-frequency β-relaxation peak pronounced at high temperature, and it may be caused by side group dipoles. The ionic transference number of polymer electrolyte has been estimated by Wagner’s polarization method, and the results reveal that the conductivity species are predominantly ions.

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  1. Research and Development Centre, Bharathiar University, Coimbator, Tamilnadu, India

    S. Nithya, D. Inbavalli & S. Sikkinthar

  2. Department of Physics, SRNM College, Sattur, Tamilnadu, India

    S. Nithya

  3. Materials Research Centre, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India

    S. Nithya, S. Selvasekarapandian, D. Inbavalli & S. Sikkinthar

  4. Department of Physics, Ramco Institute of Technology, Rajapalayam, Tamilnadu, India

    S. Karthikeyan

  5. Department of Physics, Arinknar Anna Government Arts College, Cheyyar, Tamilnadu, India

    S. Sikkinthar

  6. Department of Physics, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamilnadu, India

    C. Sanjeeviraja

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Nithya, S., Selvasekarapandian, S., Karthikeyan, S. et al. AC impedance studies on proton-conducting PAN : NH4SCN polymer electrolytes. Ionics 20, 1391–1398 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-014-1091-6

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