Dielectric and conducting behaviors in quasi-amorphous hybrid poly(diallyldimethylammonium phosphomolybdate)

A quasi-amorphous inorganic-organic hybrid solid, which is comprised of poly(diallyldimethylammonium) polyelectrolyte cations with phosphomolybdates and denoted as PDDA/PMA, was prepared and characterized using elemental analysis, powder x-ray diffraction, IR spectrum, thermal and energy dispersive X-ray analyses. The PDDA/PMA exhibits multistep dielectric anomalies and dielectric relaxations. The dielectric anomaly around 353 K arises partially from the water trapped in the PDDA/PMA network releasing. The PDDA/PMA was further dried under vacuum at 373 K to give water-free sample PDDA/PMA-1. With water being removed, the broad anomaly peak around 353 K in the ε′-T plot of PDDA/PMA changes into a platform in that of PDDA/PMA-1, indicating that the dielectric anomalies result from not only losing water but also the network disorder in PDDA/PMA-1. In addition, the platform strongly depends on the AC frequency in PDDA/PMA-1; the electric modulus and ion conductance analyses demonstrated that the dielectric relaxations at elevated temperature are related to the PMA ions displacing motion.