Electrical Studies of Carboxy Methycellulose-Chitosan Blend Biopolymer Doped Dodecyltrimethyl Ammonium Bromide Solid Electrolytes
- 1 Department of Physics, School of Fundamental Science, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia
- 2 2Center of Corporate Communication and Image Development, Chancellery, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu Darul Iman, Malaysia
Abstract
In this study, a polymer-blend system consist of Carboxy Methylcellulose (CMC)-Chitosan (CS) as blend biopolymer host and doped with various composition of Dodecyltrimethyl Ammonium Bromide (DTAB) were successfully prepared via solution casting techniques. The new system has been analyzed through Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) from temperature 303 K until 393 K to determine the conductivity of biopolymer electrolytes in the frequency range of 50 Hz to 1 MHz and the voltage between 5 to 50 mV. The optimum conductivity (1.86×10-1 S.cm-1) at ambient temperature obtained for composition of 5 wt.% DTAB. The temperature dependence of ionic conductivity was found to obeys the Arrhenius rule where R2≈1 and thermally activated. The dielectric studies show a non-Debye behavior of SBEs based on the analyzed data using complex permittivity, ε* and complex electrical modulus, M* of the sample at selected temperature.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ajassp.2015.40.46
Copyright: © 2015 Nur Yasmin Abu Bakar, Nur Hafiza Mr. Muhamaruesa, Nur Ain Bashirah Aniskari and Mohd Ikmar Nizam Mohamad Isa. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Keywords
- Solid Biopolymer Electrolytes
- Dodecyltrimethyl Ammonium Bromide
- Biopolymer Blend
- Ionic Conductivity
- Dielectric Studies