Evaluation of the electrical conductivity of polypyrrole polymer composites

J. Aguilar-Hernández, K. Potje-Kamloth

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Abstract

A study of the electrical conductivity of polypyrrole-polyoxyphenylene composites (PPy-POP and PPy-POP-MPcTS) prepared by in situ electropolymerization is presented, where MPcTS stands for tetrasulfonated tetrasodium metallophthalocyanine salts and is used as a second dopand for polypyrrole. The conductivity is studied as a function of temperature in the range 77 ≤ T ≤ 300 K. The temperature dependence of the total ac conductivity, in the frequency range 102-105 Hz, changes by approximately five orders of magnitude, showing a sub-linear dispersive behaviour. The temperature dependence of the dc conductivity gives evidence for a transport mechanism based on the Mott's variable-range hopping model in one dimension for the PPy-POP composite, which shows a crossover to three dimensions for the PPy-POP-MPcTS composites. Using this model we were able to calculate meaningful values for the density of states, hopping energy and hopping distance.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1700-1711
Number of pages12
JournalJournal of Physics D: Applied Physics
Volume34
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 7 Jun 2001

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