Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
28675 Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry 2006 6 Pages PDF
Abstract
The studies of transient species in irradiated poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) film have been carried out with the main aim of investigating the charge trapping in a pure system. In PVC, pulse radiolysis gives electron-positive hole pairs. The electron can generate a matrix anion due to the presence of chlorine atom in the PVC macromolecules followed by Cl− detachment. The positive hole may be stabilized as a short-lived matrix cation characterized by visible absorption band with wide maximum in the 350-650 nm range. The positive holes can be scavenged by additives like pyrene, Py and respective radical-ions of Py can be detected. The rate of Py radical cations decay at ∼450 nm was found to be temperature dependent. Two linear parts of the Arrhenius plot were observed which intersected in the 200-240 K range, which is close to the mechanical loss peak connected with the β relaxation in PVC matrix. The activation energies calculated for two parts of Arrhenius plot were equal to 0.40 kJ mol−1 for T < 200 K and 52.6 kJ mol−1 for T > 240 K. The novel mechanism of the ionic and radical reactions in PVC is proposed and discussed.
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