Abstract
A reaction of pyrrole and copper(II) perchlorate in acetonitrile yielded highly conducting polypyrrole, [(C4H3N)(C104)x·yH2O]n: a polymer with x = 0.35 and y = 0.25 exhibited a conductivity of 60 S cm-1 and a very low activation energy of 0.011 eV. The e.s.r. spectrum was asymmetric and the g value was 2.0017 that was slightly smaller than the free electron value. These are suggestive of a Dysonian line due to a metal-like charge transport along polymer chains. Materials treated with NH4OH solution showed an infrared spectrum characteristic of polypyrrole.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 65-70 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Synthetic Metals |
Volume | 28 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 30 Jan 1989 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:ACKNOWLEDGEMENT This work was supported by the Direcci6n General de Investigaci6n y Superaci6n Acad~mica, SEP (Grant No. C87-08-0151-3).