$ZnCl_2$-induced changes in the electronic properties of polyaniline-HCl salt and its base

Anand, Jayashree and Rao, Palle Swapna and Palaniappan, S and Sathyanarayana, DN (1998) $ZnCl_2$-induced changes in the electronic properties of polyaniline-HCl salt and its base. In: Synthetic Metals, 95 (1). pp. 57-62.

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Abstract

The effects of $ZnCl_2$ on the electronic properties of polyaniline-HCl salt and its base were studied for different concentrations of $ZnCl_2$ ( 0.1, 1.0, 3.0 and 6.0 M) for 1 and 5 days. The polyaniline samples were characterized by conductivity and spectroscopic measurements such as UV-Vis, FT-IR and EPR. $ZnCl_2$ treatment results in the degradation of the polyaniline salt and, for the polyaniline base, doping occurs depending on the concentration of $ZnCl_2$. The conversion of polyaniline base to polyaniline salt is less efficient in the case of $ZnCl_2$ doping when compared to doping with HCl. There is no significant change in the properties of polyaniline salt and base with increase in duration of $ZnCl_2$ treatment. The poor charge storage capacity and shelf-life of the polyaniline-zinc cell system can be understood from the present study.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Synthetic Metals
Publisher:	Elsevier
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier.
Keywords:	Polyaniline and derivatives;ZnCl2;Electronic properties;Spectroscopy
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Inorganic & Physical Chemistry
Date Deposited:	06 Dec 2006
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:32
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/9009

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