Camphor sulfonic acid-hydrochloric acid codoped polyaniline/polyvinyl alcohol composite: synthesis and characterization
Pérez Moreno, Fidel
2014
6.Jorge Enrique Osorio-Fuente, Carlos Gómez-Yáñez, María de los Ángeles Hernández-Pérez, and Fidel Pérez-Moreno. Camphor sulfonic acid-hydrochloric acid codoped polyaniline/polyvinyl alcohol composite: synthesis and characterization. J. Mex. Chem. Soc (2014), 58(1): 52-58 ISSN: 1870-249X.
Abstract
A complementary dopant system formed by hydrochloricand camphor sulfonic (CSA) acids was used in the in-situ synthesis of a polyaniline (PANi)/polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) composite. The conductivity measurements showed that the use of CSA either as single dopant or codopant caused a decrement up to 2 orders of magnitudeon the overall conductivity as well as an improvement on thermal stability. The PANi/PVA composites were characterized by spectroscopic and thermal analysis. Conducting emeraldine salt formation was confirmed by UV-VIS and FTIR spectroscopy. Microstructure analysis was performed by SEM imaging.
