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Preparation of a porous conducting polymer film by electrochemical synthesis–solvent extraction method
Author(s) -
Li Liang,
Yan Feng,
Xue Gi
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.13257
Subject(s) - polypyrrole , electrochemistry , materials science , scanning electron microscope , porosity , conductive polymer , chemical engineering , extraction (chemistry) , polymer , solvent , polymer chemistry , composite material , electrode , chemistry , organic chemistry , polymerization , engineering
Abstract Porous conducting polypyrrole (PPy) films have been obtained by electrochemical synthesis–solvent extraction method. The results of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) show that the size and the distribution of pores can be controlled during the electrochemical synthesis. The porous PPy films have sufficiently good mechanical properties, and electrochemical voltammetric studies imply that the porous films also have high electrical conductivity and good electrochemical reversibility. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 91: 303–307, 2004