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Optical, electrical, and electrochemical properties of graphene based water soluble polyaniline composites

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Title Optical, electrical, and electrochemical properties of graphene based water soluble polyaniline composites
 
Creator Meriga, Venkanna
Valligatla, Sreeramulu
Sundaresan, Sivaprakash
Cahill, Caroline
Dhanak, Vinod R.
Chakraborty, Amit K.
 
Description Polyaniline (PANI) is one of the most common polymers known for its conducting properties. However, poor water solubility limits its applications. In this work, PANI has been functionalized with sulfonic acid groups to produce sulfonated PANI (SPANI) offering excellent solubility in water. To compensate for the decrease of electrical conductivity due to functionalization, SPANI was combined with reduced graphene oxide (RGO) to form SPANI/RGO composites with interesting optical, thermal, and electrical properties. The composites have been characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy, UV–vis absorption spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, cyclic voltammetry, and four probe electrical conductivity measurement. The SPANI/RGO composites show increased thermal stability, reduced optical band gap and improved electrochemical properties compared with the pure polymer.
 
Date 2015
 
Type Article
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Identifier Meriga, Venkanna and Valligatla, Sreeramulu and Sundaresan, Sivaprakash and Cahill, Caroline and Dhanak, Vinod R. and Chakraborty, Amit K. (2015) Optical, electrical, and electrochemical properties of graphene based water soluble polyaniline composites. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 132 (45). 42766(1-9).
 
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