An attempt has been made to prepare polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) based proton conducting gel electrolytes in ammonium thiocyanate (NH 4 SCN) solution and to characterize them. XRD studies revealed that the entire gel sample are amorphous in nature with a broad peak at nearly 2θ=22 0 . Variation of conductivity of gel electrolyte with loading concentration of PVA has also been studied. It has been observed, as loading of PVA in 0.2 M electrolyte of NH 4 SCN+DMSO increases conductivity decreases. The conductivity of gel electrolytes exhibits liquid like nature at low polymer concentration while the behaviour is seen to be affected by the formation of PVA-NH 4 SCN complexes upon increase in polymer content beyond 2 g. Temperature dependence of ionic conductivity exhibits VTF and Arrhenius behaviour.
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