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Humidity Dependent DC Conductivity of Polyelectrolyte Multilayers Protons or Other Small Ions as Charge Carriers     
Yazarlar
Yahya AkgöL
Cornelia Cramer
Christian Hofmann
 Yunus KARATAŞ Yunus KARATAŞ
Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Hans-Dieter WiemhöFer
Monika SchöNhoff
Özet
A range of different combinations of polyelectrolytes is employed to form multilayers by layer-by-layer assembly, which are investigated by impedance spectroscopy. In particular, the alkali counterion employed in the layer formation is varied. Impedance spectra of different multilayer systems are qualitatively similar, and they are changing in a similar way with relative humidity (RH). From the spectra, the dc conductivity ωdc and its dependence on humidity are extracted. The humidity dependence of ωdc follows a general law of log(ωdc) = aRH + b, which is valid for all systems. Absolute values of ωdc and slopes a depend on the type of polyelectrolytes employed but are independent of the type of alkali counterion involved. On the basis of these data, we discuss the contribution of different small ionic species, i.e., anions, alkali cations, or protons, to the conductivity and conclude that the differences between different polymer systems as well as the humidity dependence are consistent with the conduction of protons or hydronium ions, while the contribution of other cations or anions to ωdc is negligible. © 2010 American Chemical Society.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı Macromolecules
Dergi ISSN 0024-9297
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SSCI
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 09-2010
Cilt No 43
Sayı 17
Sayfalar 7282 / 7287
Doi Numarası 10.1021/ma1012489
Makale Linki http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ma1012489