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Characterization of PAN/PANI-DBSA blend nanofibers produced by electrospinning method

WEI PAN1,* , QI ZHANG1, YAN CHEN1

Affiliation

  1. School of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Zhongyuan University of Technology, Zhengzhou 450007, P. R. China

Abstract

In this study, composite nanofibers of polyaniline doped with dodecylbenzene sulfonic acid (PANI-DBSA) and polyacrylonitrile (PAN) were prepared via an electrospinning process. The surface morphology, thermal properties and crystal structure of PAN/PANI-DBSA nanofibers are characterized using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), wide-angle x-ray diffraction (WAXD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Thermo gravimetric analyses (TGA) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). SEM images showed that the morphology and diameter of the nanofibers were affected by the weight ratio of blend solution. FT-IR, DSC and TGA demonstrated that there were strong intermolecular hydrogen bonds between the molecules of PAN and PANI-DBSA.

Keywords

Electrospinning, PAN, PANI-DBSA, Nanofibers.

Citation

WEI PAN, QI ZHANG, YAN CHEN, Characterization of PAN/PANI-DBSA blend nanofibers produced by electrospinning method, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 4, 12, December 2010, pp.2118-2122 (2010).

Submitted at: Oct. 25, 2010

Accepted at: Nov. 29, 2010