Abstract
An attempt has been made to investigate the effect of temperature on the conductivity of polyaniline (PANI). The synthesis
of conducting polymer is done by a chemical route in an aqueous medium. The polymer was grown from aqueous solutions
employing a range of temperatures (50
C –300
C). The film was deposited by the Sol Gel technique. The change in
conductivity is studied by the two probe method. The result shows that with increase in temperature, the conductivity of
PANI film decreased. An I-V characterization of PANI film shows ohmic behaviour of the film. The physical properties of
synthesized PANI film were characterized by analyzing the results obtained by IR Spectroscopy and to understand the
electrochromic window and non linear optical material UV-visible spectroscopy is studied.
Keywords
Polyaniline, Chemical synthesis, Sol gel, PANI, Electrical conductivity.
Citation
ABHAY G. SHRIVAS, A. M. MAHAJAN, Effect of variation in preparation temperature on the conductivity of PANI, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 2, 12, December 2008, pp.859-862 (2008).
Submitted at: Nov. 5, 2008
Accepted at: Dec. 4, 2008