Synthesis and characterization of secondary doped polypyrrole/organic modified attapulgite conductive composites. Issue 5 (8th September 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Feng, Huixia; Wang, Bin; Wang, Nuoxin; Qiu, Jianhui; Tan, Lin; Chen, Nali
• Is Part Of: Journal of applied polymer science. Volume 132:Issue 5(2015:Mar. 05)
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• Publication Date: 2014-09-08
• Subjects: Polymers -- Periodicals; Polymerization -- Periodicals; 668.9
• DOI: 10.1002/app.41407
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0021-8995

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title>ABSTRACT</title> <p>Secondary doping method was introduced into fabricating polypyrrole/oganic modified attapulgite conductive composites. The preparation conditions, such as amount of hexadecylpyridinium chloride (CPC, modifying agent), organic modified attapulgite (OATP), and HCl (secondary dopant) have been optimized to get the composites with the highest conductivity. When <italic>m</italic><sub>CPC</sub>/<italic>m</italic><sub>ATP</sub>, <italic>m</italic><sub>OATP</sub>/<italic>m</italic><sub>Py</sub>, and <italic>n</italic><sub>HCl</sub>/<italic>n</italic><sub>SA</sub> (SA is sulfamic acid) reaches 0.03, 0.6, and 0.5, respectively, the PPy/OATP composites possess the highest conductivity of 87.59 S cm<sup>−1</sup> as well as the highest thermal degradation temperature of 249.29°C. Scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, X‐ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, UV‐Visible diffuse reflectance study, and X‐ray photoelectron Spectroscopy results showed that PPy chains form the core‐shell structure and may combine with OATP via π–π stacking interaction. Thermogravimetric analysis showed that the thermal stability of PPy/OATP‐SH composites was enhanced and these could be attributed to the retardation effect of OATP as barriers for the degradation of PPy. This method may open a new door for PPy‐based composites with special structures, higher performance, and thus broader application ranges. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. <bold>2015</bold>, <italic>132</italic>, 41407.</p> </abstract>