Characterization and DC Conductivityof Novel Nio Doped Polyvinylalcohol (Pva) Nano-Composite Films

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ABSTRACT
DC conductivity of PVA-NiO nanocomposite films have been studied in the present work. The composites were prepared by
solution-casting technique. The prepared PVA-NiO composites have been characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis,
FourierInfrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), which confirmed the presence of NiO in
polyvinyl alcohol and the formation of the composite.DC conductivity studies show thermally activated behavior of all the
composites. The conductivity was found to increase with the increase in temperature indicating the semiconducting behavior of
all the compositions. The activation energy increases as the content of NiO nanoparticles increases from 1 to 4 in wt% in the
PVA-NiO nanocomposites.Maximum conductivity was observed in 4 wt% of NiO in polyvinyl alcohol.

KEYWORDS:-Polyvinyl alcohol, Nano Nickel oxide,X-ray diffraction, DC conductivity.
1. INTRODUCTION
Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) is semi-crystalline, water soluble, with low electrical conductivity polymer [1]. It has a carbon
chain backbone with hydroxyl groups attachedto methane carbons; (Fig.1) these AOH groups can be a source of
hydrogen bonding and hence assists the formation of polymer composite [2].PVA is known to be one of the most widely
used polymers for the separation of waterorganic mixtures.It has certain physical properties resulting from crystal
amorphous interfacial effects[3, 4].It is known to be oneof the most widely used polymers for the separation of water
organic mixtures. It is a potential material having a good charge storage capacity and dopant-dependent electrical
properties.Nickel metal oxide (NiO) is a p-type semiconductor that crystallizes in a rock salt structure and has a wide
energy band gap in the range from 3.6 to 4.0eV[5].It has a wide range of applications due to its good chemical stability
as well as for its excellent optical and electrical properties [6].Thesehave been used as catalysts [7],electro chromic
display devices [8], fuel cells [9] and gas sensors [10]. Nano-composites consisting of PVAwith
NiOhavebeeninvestigatedbecause,theirproperties are quite different from PVA and NiO owing to their interfacial
interactions. These composites are expected tofind commercial applications like gas sensors, electro chromic devices
and supercapacitors. In the present work, attempts have been made to synthesize the nano-nickel oxide particles by low
solution heat combustion methodandPVA-NiO nano-composite by solution-casting method. These polymer nano-
composites have been characterized by using various techniques such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier Infrared
Spectroscopy (FTIR) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). The dc conductivity measurements are done by using
two probe set-up.

Fig.1. Chemical structure of PVA.

Characterization and DC Conductivityof novel
NiO doped PolyvinylAlcohol(PVA)
Nano-composite films

Chivukula Srikanth
1
,Chakradhar Sridhar B
2
,B.M.Nagabhushana
3
and R.D.Mathad
1

1
Department of Physics, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga-585 106, Karnataka, India.

2
Department of Physics, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga-585 106, Karnataka, India

3
Department of Chemistry, M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore 560 054, India


2. EXPERIMENTAL
2.1. Materials
Polyvinyl alcohol of analytical gradewas obtained in the powder form from Nice Chemicals Pvt.Ltd. Cochin,with the
average molecular weightof 125,000 (98% hydrolyzed). Nickel Nitrate of AR grade was purchased from S.D. Fine-
Chem. Ltd.Mumbai.
2.2. Synthesisof Nano Nickel Oxide (NiO)
Low Solution combustion (LSC) technique was employedforthe preparation ofnano- nickel oxide [11]. Hydrated Nickel
Nitrate [Ni (NO
3
)
2
6H
2
O] is used for the synthesis of nickel oxide. The filtered lemon juice was used as afuel
[11].Thestiochiometric ratio ofNickel nitrate and fuelwere taken into thecylindrical Petri dish of ~300 ml and well
dissolved inde-ionized water. The aqueous redox mixture was dispersed uniformly by stirring the mixture using a
magnetic stirrerfor5 min. Thentheresulting mixture was placedinto a pre-heated muffle furnace maintained at (400
10) C. In the beginning, the solution was thermally dehydrated and ignited with the liberation of large amount of
gases (N
2
, O
2
, etc.). The entire process took place within 8 min. The resultant powder occupied the entire volume of the
reaction vessel. The combustion was self-propagating and within a few minutes the reaction was completed and fluffy
powder was obtained. After completion of the process, the product obtained was grinded well using mortar and pestle.
The powder is voluminous, weakly agglomerated, foamy, nano in size and has a high surface area. The formation of
product through LSC process can be represented by the following reaction.
Ni (NO
3
)
2
6H
2
O+Feul (aq.) Combustion product(S) +Heat +Gases
LSC process can be considered as a thermally induced redox reaction of the precursor wherein a fuel acts as
reductantand
3
NO

ions act as oxidant.
2.2.1. Synthesis of Polyvinyl alcoholfilm.
The pure PVA films were prepared by solution casting technique [12].PowderedPVAofabout 2.5 gwasdissolvedin50ml
of double distilled water by stirring. The solution was then warmed up to 333 K and thoroughly stirred, using a
magnetic stirrer, for about 1h until the polymer became completely soluble. By removing the trapped air bubbles, the
solution was poured onto a leveled clean glass plate andleft to dry at room temperature for about 48 h.The dried films
were peeled offfrom the glass plate and cut into suitable pieces for measurements [13].
2.2.2. Synthesis of PVANiO nano-composite films.
PVA-NiO nanocomposite films were also prepared again bythe solution casting method. First, the PVA stock solution
was prepared by the above method and to this solution 1.0 wt%,2.0wt%, 3.0 wt% and 4.0 wt% of NiO nano powder was
mixed and stirred vigorously by using magnetic stirrer until transparent PVANiO multi component dispersion was
obtained. Further, ultrasonication was done for complete dispersal of NiO in PVA solution. Then known volume of
viscous PVANiO solution was poured onto a leveled clean glass plate and left to dry at room temperature for about 48
h. The dried films were peeled off from the glass plate and cut into suitable pieces for characterization.
2.3. Measurements.
The X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns of the pure PVA film, nano NiO powder and the polymer nanocomposite films
were recorded at room temperature using an X-ray powder diffractometer with Cu Ka radiation ( = 1.5416 A) in the
2 (Bragg angles) range (10 2 80) to elicit the information related to phase purity, crystallinity and details of
their structure. The FTIR spectraofthesamples were recordedon a Perkin Elmer 1600 spectrophotometerinKBrmedium.
The morphology of the compositesin the form of powder was investigated using scanning electron microscope (SEM)
Model-EVO-18 Special Edison, Zeus, Germany. For DC electrical characterization of the films, electricalcontacts were
painted withElectrodag 502 from Ted Pella. Temperature dependent electrical conductivity was measured from 35c to
125c using Keithley 6514 electrometer.
3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
3.1. XRay diffraction.
Fig.2 (a) showsX-ray diffractionpatternofpure PVA. The XRD pattern of pure PVA shows a characteristic peak for an
orthorhombic latticecentered at20indicatingits semi crystalline nature [14, 15]. The peaks have resulted from the part
of crystallinity in PVA polymer molecules. This crystallinity is the result of strong intermolecular and intramolecular
hydrogen bonding between the PVA molecular chain [16, 17].A broad peak was noticed at2~20 that can be assigned
to the Vander Wall distance of 5A.This peak may be attributed to the intermolecular distances between neighbouring
chains. A small hump was observed at 2~42, corresponding to an approximately hexagonal orderingofthemolecular
chains [18].The XRD patternsof NiO nanoparticles are shown in Fig.2 (b). NiO was synthesized by Heat Combustion
method. These nanoparticles have shown good crystallinity because of the existence of sharp peaks in the XRD pattern.
The crystallite size of the synthesized NiO nanoparticles was calculated using Scherers formula given by

0.9
cos
D
= (1)
WhereD is the average crystallite size, is the X-ray wavelength (1.5416A
) and is full width at half maximum in

radian. The average crystallite size is found to be ~19 nm. In the XRD pattern, different lines are attributed to the
(111), (200), (220), (311), (222), (400), (331) and (420) planes are in good agreement with the data of NiO powder file
(JCPDS number 47-1049) which corresponds to the cubic crystalline structure with lattice constants
a=b=c=4.1771A
[19].The XRD spectrum exhibits an intense (200) peak indicating preferential orientation in
the<200>direction. The NiO lattice constant calculated from the XRD data is 4.1792A
, which is in good agreement

with the reported data. Fig.2(c) shows the X-ray diffraction pattern of PVA,PVANiO composite(1%wt. -4% wt.) and
nano NiO. In the XRD pattern, different lines are attributed to the (111), (200), (220), (311), (222) and (400) planes; by
comparing the XRD pattern ofthe composite and NiO, it is confirmed that NiO has retained its structure even though it
is dispersed in PVAduringpolymerizationreaction.
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90

I
n
t
e
n
s
i
t
y
(
a
r
b
.
u
n
i
t
s
.
)
2u (degree)
PURE PVA
(101)

Fig.2 (a) XRD of Pure PVA
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
I
n
t
e
n
s
i
t
y
(
a
r
b
.
u
n
i
t
s
)
2u (degree)
NANO NiO
(111)
(200)
(220)
(
3
1
1
)
(
2
2
2
)

Fig.2 (b) XRD of Nano NiO

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
(A)
(
2
2
2
)
(
3
1
1
)
(220)
(200)
(111)

10 1
(B)
(220)
(200) (111)
10 1

(C )
(220)
(200)
(111)

(D)
(220)
(200)
(111)
10 1
101
(E )
(220)
(200) (111)
10 1
I
n
t
e
n
s
i
t
y

(
a
r
b
.

u
n
i
t
s
)
2u (degree)

(F )

Fig.2(c). XRD of (A) pure NiO (B) pure PVA (C) PVA-1%NiO
(D)PVA-2%NiO (E) PVA-3%NiO (F) PVA-4%NiO
3.2. FTIR Spectra
3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500
%

T
r
a
n
s
m
i
t
t
a
n
c
e
Wave Number(cm-1)
PURE PVA
3258
2934
2353
1724
14201326
1086
915
836
682
2850
3575
1142

Fig.3 (a). FTIR of pure PVA
In Fig.3 (a), FTIR spectrum of pure PVA sample is showed. It clearly reveals the major peaks associated with polyvinyl
alcohol.Itis observed that CH broad alkyl stretching band (=2850-3000cm
-1
), typical strong hydroxyl bands for free
alcohol nonbonded OH stretching bandat(=3600-3650cm
-1
) and hydrogen bonded band at =3200-3570cm
-1
[20-22].
Intramolecular and intermolecular hydrogen bondings are expected to occur among PVA chains due to high
hydrophilic forces. An important absorption peak was verified at=1142cm
-1
. This band has been used as an
assessment tool of poly (vinyl alcohol) structure because it is a semi crystalline synthetic polymer able to form some
domains depending on several process parameters [20-22].

4 0 0 0 3 6 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 8 0 0 2 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 1 2 0 0 8 0 0 4 0 0
W a v e N u m b e r ( c m - 1 )
%

T
r
a
n
s
m
i
t
t
a
n
c
e
4 1 4
5 9 0
1 3 8 0
1 0 2 5
3 4 4 0
1 6 3 5
6 3 8
2 9 2 9
2 3 8 5
3 9 0 2
1
4
4
8
N i O

Fig.3 (b)FTIR of nano NiO.
Fig.3 (b) shows the FTIR spectraof NiO nanoparticles, whichrevealed several significant absorption peaks. The broad
absorption band in the region of 600-700cm
-1
is assigned to Ni-O stretching vibration mode, the broadness of the
absorption band indicates that the NiO powders are nanocrystals.The broad absorption band centered at 3440cm
-1
is
assigned to the band O-H stretching vibrations and the weak band near 1635cm
-1
is assigned to H-O-H bending mode
[23].A strong peak is observed to be centered at638cm
-1
corresponds to the stretching vibration of NiO.The peaks at
1380cm
-1
is due to C-H in plane bending modes and the peaks at 414cm
-1
to 590cm
-1
correspond to metallic stretch,
which can be assigned to nickel oxide groups. Fig.3(c) shows the FTIR spectrum of PVANiO (1%4%)
nanocomposites.It is interesting to note thatthemainabsorption bands areaffected bythe presence ofNiO in pure PVA.
This change is due to loss in conjugation and molecular orderafter modificationofPVA with NiO. Since the frequency
of a vibration is directly proportional to force constant of the bonds which indicates the shortening of NC bonds
suggesting localization of p-orbital electrons on N [24]. However the shift of NiO stretching band at 688cm
-1
was
observed in PVANiO hybrid nanocomposite films. The observed shiftin stretching vibration ofNiOisdue to binding
of organic compound tothe NiO [25]. The result indicates strong interaction between PVA and NiO nanoparticles.
3 5 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0

%

T
r
a
n
s
m
i
t
t
a
n
c
e
W a v e N u m b e r ( c m - 1 )
( a )

( b )

( c )

( d )

( e )

Fig.3(c).FTIR Spectra (a) pva (b) pva-1%NiO (c) pva-2%NiO (d) pva-3%NiO (e) pva-4%NiO
3.3 Scanning electron microscopyand EDX analysis
The scanning electron micrographs of PVA film, NiO nano powder andNiO doped PVA films are shown in Fig. 4(a-d).
SEM of pure PVA shows uniformlyprocessed smooth PVA matrix and the semi crystalline nature of PVA supporting
the observations of XRD analysis (Fig.4 (a)). The average grain size was calculated by using the linear intercept
formula and it is found to be 114nm to 234nm. Well defined nanocrystalline morphology of NiO is shown in
Fig.4(b)[26].The particles are irregular in shape having an average grain size from 30nm to 75nm. The grains are
found to be well interconnected with each other which indicate that they have enough binding energy to combine with
neighbour grains or molecules. Fig.4(c) and 4(d) show the SEM image of PVA-NiO nano-composites, whichindicate
overgrown clusters. The crystallinity oftheNiOis seen to decrease with the addition of PVAin it. The average grain size
is found to be 72 nm to 140 nm.


Fig.4. SEM imagesof(a) Pure PVA (b) Pure NiO(c) PVA-1%NiO (d) PVA-4%NiO

Fig.5. EDX of (a) NiO (b) PVA--1 %NiO (c) PVA4%NiO
Therepresentative EDX spectra of nano NiO, PVA1% NiO and PVA4% NiO composite films are shown in Fig.5.The
spectra shows enhancementin Nickel and oxygen content when concentration ofthe dopantincreases.
3.4 DC Conductivity Measurements
Fig.6 (a) shows a typical log vs.1000/T plot for PVA and PVA-NiO (1%--4%Wt.) nano-composite films.
Theconductivityincreasedwithincreasein temperature but the rate ofincrease was different in different temperature
regions. From the slopes of these plots, the activation energies were calculated using the Arrhenius relation [27],
C

d

a
b
a
c
b
c

exp
B
E
k T

(
=
(

(2)
whereis the conductivity at temperature T,
o
is a constant, E is the activation energy and k
B
is the Boltzmann
constant.
It seems that the dominant charge transport is through the motion of electrons both at low and high temperatures
becausethe magnitudes of activation energies in both regions are within the limits suggested by Jonscher [28]for
electronic conduction (s 0.8eV).The activation energy increases with the increasein doping concentration ofNiOin
PVA matrixboth at high temperature andlowtemperature regions (Table 1). At 308Kand 398K, thedc electrical
conductivity of purePVAwasfoundto be
1
13
5.51 10 Scm

and
1
13
17.90 10 Scm

respectively. As content ofNiOincreases
from 1% to 4%in PVA matrix, the conductivity of PVANiOnano-composite increases from
1
13
5.83 10 Scm

to
1
13
13.13 10 Scm

at 308K, similarly at 398Kit increases from
1
13
43.35 10 Scm

to
1
13
377.03 10 Scm

(Table 1).The
increase in conductivitywithincrease of temperatureis the characteristic behavior of semiconductors. Thetemperature
dependence of the conductivity (T) of disorderedsemiconductingmaterialsisgenerallydescribedbytheMottVariable
Range Hopping (VRH) model [29],
1
4
( ) exp
O T
T
T

(
=
`
(

)

(3)
where is the conductivity, T is the temperature and
0
is the conductivity at characteristic temperature T
0
. PVA
NiO nanocomposites followthethree-dimensional VRH electrical conduction process [30].Fig. 6(b) and 6(c) shows
theplotofconductivity vs. the content ofNiOnanoparticlesinthe PVANiO nanocomposites both at 308K and 398K.
Theplot shows that the conductivity of PVA increases remarkably after insertion of NiO nanoparticles (14%)in the
PVAmatrix.PVA, NiO and PVANiO nanocomposites are of P-type semiconducting materials having large number
of free charge carriers available for the purpose of conduction. Hence, as the concentration of NiO increases the
number of free charge carriers also increases, all together electrons from polar O
2-
terminated NiO nanoparticles
surfaces and from the PVA chains, resulting inthe improvement in the conductivity of PVANiO nanocomposites
[31].
2 .5 2.6 2 .7 2.8 2.9 3 .0 3.1 3. 2 3.3
- 12.4
- 12.2
- 12.0
- 11.8
- 11.6
- 11.4
- 11.2
- 11.0
- 10.8
- 10.6
- 10.4
lo
g
o

(
S

c
m
-
1
)
10 0 0 /T (k - 1 )
P V A
P V A - 1% N i O
P V A - 2 % N iO
P V A - 3 % N iO
P V A - 4% N i O
(a )

0 1 2 3 4

PVA-NiO(wt%)
C
o
n
d
u
c
t
i
v
i
t
y

(
o
)

(
1
0
1
3
)
S
c
m
-1

2
4
6
8
10
12
14
(b)
0 1 2 3 4
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400

P VA-NiO(wt%)
C
o
n
d
u
c
t
i
v
i
t
y

(
o
)

(
1
0
1
3
)
S
c
m
-1

(c)

(b) Plot of conductivity vs. PVA-NiO (wt. %) (at 308K), (c) Plot of conductivity vs. PVA-NiO (wt. %) (at 398K)
Fig.6. (a) Plot of log vs. 1000/TPVA, PVA-NiO (1-4%) composites.


Table 1.Activation energy and Conductivity of PVA-NiO Nano-composite films.
.
S.NO.

COMPOSITIO
N
ACTIVATION ENERGY E(eV)
Conductivity
13 1
( ) 10 Scm

High
temperature
range.
Low
temperature
range.
(At 308K) (At 398K)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
PVA
PVA-1%NiO
PVA-2%NiO
PVA-3%NiO
PVA-4%NiO
0.117
0.322
0.538
0.552
0.568
0.173
0.266
0.347
0.358
0.373
5.51
5.83
8.02
9.30
13.13
17.90
43.35
262.34
266.91
377.03

4. CONCLUSIONS
Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)-Nano Nickel oxide (NiO) composites of various weight percentages were synthesized by
solution casting method. X-ray diffraction studies show the retention ofNiO in polymer matrix. Studies on Fourier
Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) confirm the formation of PVA-NiO composites and the SEM image reveals the presence
ofNiOparticles which are uniformly distributed throughoutthe composite films. Maximum conductivity was observedin
the 4 wt% of NiO in PVA. The room temperature dc electrical conductivity of PVANiO composite films increases
gradually as the NiO content increases in PVA matrix,which involves hoppingmechanism in the conduction process.
5.ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Author would like to thank Dr.H.Nagabhushana,
CNR Rao Centre for Advanced Materials Research,Tumkur University,Tumkur;Dr.R.Harikrishna,Department of Chem
istry, M.S.Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore,S.T.Navalea,Functional Materials Research Laboratory,School o
f Physical Sciences,Solapur;Prof.M.V.N.Ambika Prasad, Department ofMaterials Science, Gulbarga University, Gulbar
ga andDr.Prashanth Kumar, Govt.College, Gulbarga.
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Chivukulasrikanthhasreceived his M.Sc. in Solid State Physics from Osmania
University,Hyderabad.Heis presently Assistant Professor of Physics, Govt.Degree College, Gulbarga.
Pursuing his Ph.D. in Physics under the supervision of Prof. R.D.Mathad, Department of Physics,
Gulbarga University, Gulbarga. His current research interest includes Nanomaterials, polymer nano-
composites.

Chakradhar Sridhar B. received the M.Sc. degree in Physics from Gulbarga University, Gulbarga. He
is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Physics under the supervision of Prof M.V.N. Ambika Prasad,
Department
of Physics, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga. His current research interest includes conducting polymer
nano-composites.

Dr. B M Nagabhushana has over 26 years of experience in teaching at M.S. Ramaiah Institute of
Technology, Bangalore, India. He as more than 15 years of teaching experience and published more
than 120 research papers in international peer reviewed journals.

Dr R D Mathad is born in Belgaum district of Karnataka, India and has received his M Sc andPh.D in
Nuclear Physics from Karnataka University Dharwad. He is presently Professor of Physics, Gulbarga
University, Gulbarga. His research comprises diverse areas such as Excitation Energy Transfer; Energy
Loss & Radiation induced effects in Polymers, Plasma instabilities in Inertial Confinement Fusion,
Cellular Transport Processes, Neutron diffraction studies on Glasses; Polymer Blends, Complexes and
Nano- Composites.

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