Preparation and characterization of polyaniline/multi-walled carbon nanotube composites

Abstract This study describes the synthesis of doped polyaniline in its emeraldine salt form (PANI-ES) with carboxylic groups containing multi-walled carbon nanotubes (c-MWNTs) via in situ polymerization. Both Raman and FTIR spectra indicate that carboxylic acid groups formed at both ends and on the sidewalls of the MWNTs. Based on the π–π* electron interaction between aniline monomers and MWNT and hydrogen bonding interaction between the amino groups of aniline monomers and the carboxylic acid group of c-MWNT, aniline molecules were adsorbed and polymerized on the surface of MWNTs. Structural analysis using FESEM and HRTEM showed that PANI-ES/c-MWNT composites are core (c-MWNT)-shell (doped-PANI-ES) tubular structures with diameters of several tens to hundreds of nanometers, depending on the PANI content. The conductivities of these PANI-ES/c-MWNT composites are 50–70% higher than those of PANI without MWNT.

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