Electrical properties of polymeric composites based on nanocrystalline tin dioxide modified with copper iodide.

Electrical properties of synthesized nanostructured materials based on nanocrystalline tin dioxide modified with copper iodide and polychlorotrifl uoroethylene were studied. It was shown that the complex dielectric permittivity in the microwave range and the low-frequency electrical conductivity of the polymeric composites depend on the copper iodide concentration on the surface of tin dioxide and reach the maximum values at a volume fraction of CuI of about 0.5. The percolation thresholds were determined for the three-component system. Their values increase from 0.04 to 0.05 vol. fraction as the content of copper iodide in the CuI/SnO system is raised from 0.04 to 0.6 vol. fraction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]