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Proton and Electron Conducting Polymer Composite Films Based on SBS Triblock Copolymer
Author(s) -
Adhikari Rameshwar,
Khatiwada Shankar P.,
Yadav Amar P.,
Lebek Werner
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
macromolecular symposia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-3900
pISSN - 1022-1360
DOI - 10.1002/masy.201251002
Subject(s) - copolymer , polybutadiene , materials science , polystyrene , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , polymer chemistry , polymer , conductive polymer , scanning electron microscope , conductivity , ionic bonding , proton , chemical engineering , composite number , composite material , chemistry , organic chemistry , ion , physics , quantum mechanics , engineering
Summary: Conducting polymer films were prepared by introducing ionic groups via chemical modification of one of the blocks of the polystyrene‐ block ‐polybutadiene‐ block ‐polystyrene (SBS) triblock copolymer and by adding different amount of metal salts into the modified block copolymer. The butadiene part of the copolymer was partially sulphonated to prepare the proton conducting film while the epoxidized form was used to fabricate electron conducting films with different inorganic salts. The products were characterized by Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and potential as well as conductivity measurements.