Investigation of the Ionic conductivity and dielectric measurements of poly (N-vinyl pyrrolidone)-sulfamic acid polymer complexes

Polymer electrolyte complexes of poly (N-vinyl pyrrolidone) (PVP)-sulfamic acid (NH2SO3H) were prepared by a familiar solution casting method with different molar concentrations of PVP and sulfamic acid. The interaction between PVP and NH2SO3H was confirmed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy analysis. Laser microscopy analysis was used to study the surface morphology of the polymer complexes. The glass transition temperature (Tg) and the melting temperature (Tm) of polymer complexes were computed from Differential scanning calorimetric studies. AC impedance spectroscopic measurements revealed that the polymer complex, 97 mol% PVP-3 mol% NH2SO3H shows higher ionic conductivity with two different activation energies above and below the glass transition temperature (Tg). Dielectric studies confirmed that the dc conduction mechanism has dominated in the polymer complexes. The value of power law exponent (n) confirmed the translational motion of ions from one site to another vacant site in these complexes.