摘要:
Hematite ( α -Fe 2 O 3 ) nanorods with an average diameter of 40nm were prepared using a template-free sol–gel method. These nanorods then mixed with polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)/polyethylene glycol (PEG) blend at concentrations of 0.0, 0.5, and 1.0wt.%. The transmittance percentage ( T %) of the films showed a decrease from 80.26 to 33.24%. The direct optical band gap also decreased from 5.28 to 4.83eV whereas the refractive index significantly increased with increasing the hematite content. The dielectric measurements were performed in the temperature range 303–413K and frequency range 30kHz–3.0MHz. According to the temperature dependence of the dielectric constant ( ε' ), α a -relaxation peaks observed in all films and assigned to the micro-Brownian motion of the polymer blend chains. The behavior of the ac conductivity, σ ac ( f ), of the nanocomposite films indicated that the homogenous distribution of α -Fe 2 O 3 nanorods allows the formation of conductive three-dimensional networks throughout the nanocomposite film. Also, indicated that the correlated barrier hopping is the most suitable conduction mechanism.
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