Research Article

Impedance Spectroscopy, AC Conductivity, and Conduction Mechanism of Iron(II) Chloride/Polyvinyl Alcohol/Polyvinylpyrrolidone Polymer Blend

Table 1

Absorption band positions and their assignments for PVA/PVP/FeCl2 composite.

Wave number (cmāˆ’1)Band assignmentReference (s)

3,304OH stretching[37, 38]
2,929CH2 asymmetric stretching deriving from PVA[38, 39]
1,646CO stretching deriving from PVP[40, 41]
1,425Symmetric bending of CH2 deriving from PVA[42, 43]
1,372CH2 bending deriving from PVP[44, 45]
1,290CH wagging deriving from PVA[46, 47]
1,090Stretching vibrations of carbonyl (ā€“C=O) bonds attached to pyrrolidone rings from PVP[48]
840CC stretching vibrations deriving from PVA[47]