Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.5599/jese.2013.0029
p-toluene sulfonic acid doped polyaniline carbon nanotube composites: synthesis via different routes and modified properties
Ashok K. Sharma
; Department of Materials Science & Nanotechnology, D.C.R University of Science & Technology, Murthal-131 039 (Haryana) India
Yashpal Sharma
; Department of Chemistry, G. J. University of Science & Technology, Hisar-125001, India
Abstract
Composites of polyaniline and carbon nanotube (CNT) were prepared by in-situ chemical polymerization method using various aniline concentrations in the initial polymerization solution with p-toluene sulfonic acid (PTS) as secondary dopant and mechanical mixing of the PANI and CNT using different weight ratios of PANI and CNTs. The structural characterizations of the composites were done by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and Ultra violet visible spectroscopy (UV-Visible). Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was used to characterize the surface morphology of the composites. It was found that the composites prepared by in-situ chemical polymerization had smoother surface morphology in comparison to the composites obtained by mechanical mixing. The capacitive studies reveal that the in-situ composite has synergistic effect and the specific capacitance of the composite calculated from cyclic voltammogram (CV) was 385.1 F/g. Thermal studies indicate that the composites are stable as compared to PANI alone showing that the CNT contributes towards thermal stability in the PANI-CNT composites.
Keywords
Cyclic voltammetry; TGA; scanning electron microscopy; composites; conducting polymer; specific capacitance; chemical polymerization; doping, nanomaterials
Hrčak ID:
103162
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Publication date:
19.4.2013.
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