Synthesis and Characterization of Conducting Polyaniline Doped with Polymeric Acids

Abstract

Conducting polyaniline doped with polymeric acids was synthesized by a in situ chemical polymerization method. The synthesized polymers were characterized by using UV‐Visible, FT‐IR spectroscopy and SEM analysis. Thermal stability of these polymers was evaluated by using TGA/DSC analysis. Among the three polymeric acids used for doping purpose, poly(vinyl sulphonic acid) doped polyaniline is found to be more conducting than those doped with other acids. From the temperature dependent conductivity measurements, an increase in conductivity with increase in temperature was observed.

Keywords:

• conducting polyaniline
• chemical synthesis
• spectroscopy
• conductivity

Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Dr. B. K. Das, Executive Director, C‐MET, Pune, for his keen interest and encouragement throughout the work. Authors also would like to thank Dr. Tanay Seth and Dr. Sunit Rane for their help in characterization.