Enhanced Ionic Conductivity and Optical studies of plasticized (PEO-KCl) Solid Polymer Electrolytes

Solid polymer electrolytes (SPEs) based on Polyethylene oxide (PEO) doped with potassium chloride (KCl) were prepared by the solution cast technique. The conductivity increases from 10(-10) to 10(-6) Scm(-1) at 303K with dopant. Optical absorption study shows that the direct & indirect optical band gaps were found decreased from 5.45-4.46eV and 4.96-3.86eV respectively with increasing the KCl. The XRD patterns reveal increasing the amorphous with increasing the dopent. The obtained results suggest that, these polymer systems are suitable candidates for solid state battery, electro chromic devices & optoelectronics display etc.