Abstract
Herein, polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA)/ polyethylene oxide (PEO) blend doped with nanocomposite (1 − x) ZnMn2O4/xCdS samples were prepared through two steps, the first comprising nanocomposite (1 − x) ZnMn2O4/xCdS samples synthesizing, while the second was the incorporation of nanocomposites into the blend matrix, and finally the films were obtained through the casting solution method. Various techniques, such as X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, diffused reflection and impedance spectroscopy were used to determine the change in the PMMA/PEO structure after the inclusion of the nanocomposites. The direct and indirect optical bandgap values for the PMMA/PEO blend decreased from 5.04 and 4.8 eV to 4.99 and 4.7 eV, respectively, as the blend doped with (1 − x) ZnMn2O4/xCdS samples. At 600 nm, the refractive index of the blend was raised from 1.37 to 1.53 as it doped with 0.9 ZnMn2O4/0.1CdS sample. The linear and nonlinear optical parameters grow with the insertion of (1-x)ZnMn2O4/xCdS nanocomposites into the PMMA/PEO blend. Variation of CdS in the doped nanocomposites affects slightly the linear and nonlinear optical parameters of the host blend. Blend containing 10 % CdS has the highest linear and nonlinear optical parameters as compared with other doped blends. All of the blends exhibited different shades of blue color, except for the blend that contained 10 % CdS, which displayed a violet color. The effect of doping on the dielectric properties of different blends was also explored. Blend with 20 % CdS has the highest energy density. This improvement implies the use of prepared blends in different optoelectronic, photocatalytic and storage device applications.
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