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ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
Volume 64, Issue -, Pages 1-9Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2011.11.075
Keywords
Polypyrrole electropolymerization; Single-walled carbon nanotubes; Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; Composite materials; Nanotube purification
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- Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MICINN)
- European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) [REF EUI2008-00153]
- Government of Aragon (DGA) [DGA-T66 CNN, DGA P108/09]
- Spanish Superior Council for Scientific Research (CSIC)
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Polypyrrole films were electrosynthesized potentiodinamically on transparent fluorine-doped tin dioxide (FTO) substrates. Polymerization was carried out in the presence and in the absence of sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate (SDBS) and single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs). The effect of the presence of SDBS and the addition of both as-grown and air-oxidized SWCNTs to the polymerization solution was studied. Electrochemical techniques, as well as ex-situ techniques were used for film characterization. The results show that the slowly growing Ppy coating in course of the electropolymerization entrapped the SWCNTs, which are primarily attached to the electrode by Brownian motion and/or electrophoresis, in the polymer matrix. The presence of SDBS and SWCNTs lowers electrode impedance modulus, especially at low frequencies, and increases film capacitance. The presence of SWCNTs increases thickness, roughness and mechanical stiffness of the films. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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