Conducting Properties of Polyaniline in the THz Region: Investigations of Various Processing Conditions

Issue Date

7-2017

Abstract

The conduction properties of polyaniline (PAni) with various processing conditions were demonstrated using terahertz time-domain spectroscopy. The effects of protonation were observed by varying the doping time and annealing time. The measurements agreed with the Mott-Davis hopping model with the exponent varying inversely with the protonation conditions. Also, the density of the samples increased with compression pressure thereby increasing the inter-chain and inter-particle charge transport. Lastly, the THz response on PAni-polyethylene pellets showed dominant contribution of PAni network.

Source or Periodical Title

Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves

ISSN

1866-6892

Volume

38

Page

885-895

Document Type

Article

Physical Description

graphs

Language

English

Subject

Charge transport, Mott-Davis model, Polyaniline, THz-TDS

Identifier

DOI: 10.1007/s10762-017-0363-4.

Digital Copy

yes

En – AGROVOC descriptors

Charge transport, Mott-Davis model, Polyaniline, THz-TDS

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