Preparation and Characterization of Conducting Polybutadiene/ Polythiophene Composites

Authors: SENEM KIRALP, ZUHAL KÜÇÜKYAVUZ, ATEF F. QASRAWI

Abstract: Conductive composite films of cis-1,4-polybutadiene (PBD) with polythiophene (PTh) were prepared electrochemically. Thiophene was polymerized on PBD-coated platinium electrodes. The composites with different PTh percentages showed conductivity in the order of 10^{-3} (\Omega cm)^{-1}. The characterization of the films was performed using FTIR, scanning electron microscope and differential scanning calorimetry techniques. In order to understand the dominant transport mechanism, the temperature dependence of conductivity was investigated.

Keywords: Conducting polymers, polythiophene, polybutadiene, temperature dependence of conductivity, electrochemistry.

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