Conducting polymer composites of polypyrrole and polyindene

Date
1996
Authors
Bozkurt, A.
Akbulut, U.
Toppare, L.
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Instructor
Source Title
Synthetic Metals
Print ISSN
0379-6779
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Publisher
Elsevier
Volume
82
Issue
1
Pages
41 - 46
Language
English
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Article
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Abstract

Polypyrrole-polyindene composites were prepared via electrochemical methods. Two different approaches were utilized. In the first, the electro-initiated polymerization of indene on a platinum electrode was achieved at 2.0 V versus Ag/Ag+ in acetonitrile. Then the polyindene-coated electrode was used for the electrochemical polymerization of pyrrole at 1.0 V versus Ag/Ag+. In the second case, electrochemical coating of platinum electrode with polypyrrole at 1.0 V versus Ag/Ag+ was carried out and indene was polymerized on the conducting polymer at 2.0 V versus Ag/Ag+ in acetonitrile medium. The characterizations of these composites were done by FT-IR, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA). Electrical conductivities were evaluated by two-probe and four-probe methods.

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Electrochemical synthesis, Composite materials, Electric conductivity of solids, Electrochemical electrodes, Electropolymerization, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, Scanning electron microscopy, Synthesis (chemical), Thermogravimetric analysis, Conducting composites, Platinum electrodes, Polyindene, Polypyrrole, Conductive plastics
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