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Effect of environmental humidity on the ionic transport of poly(ethylene oxide) thin films, investigated by local dielectric spectroscopy

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Markus, Paul ; Martínez-Tong, Daniel E. ; Papastavrou, Georg ; Algeria, Angel:
Effect of environmental humidity on the ionic transport of poly(ethylene oxide) thin films, investigated by local dielectric spectroscopy.
In: Soft Matter. Vol. 16 (2020) Issue 13 . - pp. 3203-3208.
ISSN 1744-6848
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C9SM02471A

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The effect of humidity on the ionic transport in the amorphous phase of poly(ethylene oxide) thin films has been studied by local dielectric spectroscopy. We explored a controlled humidity range between 15% RH and 50% RH. AFM-based local dielectric imaging allowed the thin film topography and the corresponding dielectric contrast maps to be obtained simultaneously. No humidity effect on the film topography was observed whereas large variation of the dielectric signal could be detected. In addition, we observed a clear dielectric contrast in different locations on the thin film surface. At selected regions with high contrast in the dielectric maps, we performed nanoDielectric Spectroscopy (nDS) measurements covering the frequency range from 5 Hz to 100 kHz. By modeling these spectroscopy results, we quantified the conductivity of the amorphous phase of the semicrystalline poly(ethylene oxide) films. The crystalline fraction of the PEO thin films was extracted and found to be about 36%, independently of humidity. However, the average conductivity increased by a factor of 25 from 2 × 10⁻¹⁰ to 5 × 10⁻⁹ S cm⁻¹, by changing environmental humidity in the explored % RH range.

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Item Type: Article in a journal
Refereed: Yes
Institutions of the University: Faculties
Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences
Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Chemistry
Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Chemistry > Chair Physical Chemistry II
Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Chemistry > Chair Physical Chemistry II > Chair Physical Chemistry II - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Georg Papastavrou
Research Institutions
Research Institutions > Research Centres > Bayerisches Zentrum für Batterietechnik - BayBatt
Research Institutions > Research Centres
Result of work at the UBT: Yes
DDC Subjects: 500 Science > 540 Chemistry
Date Deposited: 19 Mar 2020 08:25
Last Modified: 12 Jan 2022 11:31
URI: https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/54641