The mechanical and the electrical properties of conducting polypyrrole fibers | Zendy

Javad Foroughi | Zendy; Shaban Reza Ghorbani | Zendy; Germanas Peleckis | Zendy; Geoffrey M. Spinks | Zendy; Gordon G. Wallace | Zendy; Xiaolin Wang | Zendy; Shi Xue Dou | Zendy

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The mechanical and the electrical properties of conducting polypyrrole fibers

Author(s) -

Javad Foroughi,

Shaban Reza Ghorbani,

Germanas Peleckis,

Geoffrey M. Spinks,

Gordon G. Wallace,

Xiaolin Wang,

Shi Xue Dou

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

journal of applied physics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.699

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1089-7550

pISSN - 0021-8979

DOI - 10.1063/1.3425793

Subject(s) - polypyrrole , materials science , electrical resistivity and conductivity , variable range hopping , composite material , conductivity , fiber , conductive polymer , monomer , electrical conductor , polymer , thermal conduction , chemistry , polymerization , electrical engineering , engineering

The mechanical and the electrical properties of polypyrrole (PPy) fibers and electrochemically deposited PPy films were studied. It was found that the PPy fibers showed a significantly higher strength than the PPy films due to better orientation of the molecular structure. The electrochemically prepared PPy films had a higher electrical conductivity than that of the fibers at high temperature. At low temperature, the PPy fibers showed the higher conductivity. The conductivity results were analyzed in the frame of the three-dimensional variable range hopping model. The results showed that at room temperature the average hopping distance for the fibers was about 4 A while for the films it increases to about 5.7 A. This corresponds to about 1 and 2 monomer units in length for the fiber and film samples, respectively.

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