Variation of a.c. electrical properties of emeraldine base of polyaniline during its drying from suspension in m-cresol

Autor: E.S. Matveeva, Irmina Hernández-Fuentes, V. Parkhutik, R. Diaz Calleja
Rok vydání: 1996
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Zdroj: Synthetic Metals. 79:159-163
ISSN: 0379-6779
DOI: 10.1016/0379-6779(96)80185-8
Popis: The variation of electrical properties of the emeraldine base form of polyaniline during its transformation from a suspension in m -cresol to the dry state was studied in situ, employing electrical impedance measurements at 30 °C in a wide range of frequencies (10 −2 –10 5 Hz). The obtained results were fitted using the equivalent electrical circuit with the elements corresponding to different physical processes in the polymer/solution system. The PANI-EB suspension was approximated by a Randles-type equivalent circuit containing an additional element responsible for the a.c. conductivity in the bulk polymer. During the drying of PANI-EB the configuration of the equivalent circuit was consistently changed from the electrochemical one to that corresponding to the dry polymer. The assumption is put forward that a double layer presented at the polymer/electrolyte interface is transformed into surface states in a dry polymer.
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