Preparation, characterization and application of Nano CdS doped with alum composite electrolyte Original Research Article

A new composite electrolyte has been developed for electrochemical application and studied in details. The system contains Alum doped with nanosize cadmium sulphide (CdS) particles in the desire ratio. The structural studies were carried out by using X-ray diffraction (XRD) as well as infrared spectroscopy (IR) which affirms the composite nature of the system. The electrical properties, including ion transport studies and complex impedance spectra confirm the ionic nature of sample as well as enhancement in ionic conductivity by CdS doping. The temperature dependence measurement confirms the Arrhenius nature of sample, which is commonly observed in the ionic composite system. The dielectric constant varies with temperature, and this data is used to calculate the number of charge carrier (n/no) contributing to conductivity and fits well with emf variation. A cell was fabricated by sandwiching the composite between graphite and stainless steel electrodes, which shows an emf of 7 mV.