Display options
Share it on

Anal Bioanal Chem. 1996 Jun;355(3):387-9. doi: 10.1007/s0021663550387.

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic investigation of conducting polymer blends.

Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry

S Süzer, L Toppare, K R Hallam, G C Allen

Affiliations

  1. Department of Chemistry, Bilkent University, 06533, Ankara, Turkey.

PMID: 15045422 DOI: 10.1007/s0021663550387

Abstract

Electrochemically prepared films of conducting polymers of polypyrrole and polythiophene and their blends with polyamide have been investigated by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. In the N1s region of the spectra of films containing polypyrrole the peak corresponding to N(+) at 402.0 eV is separated from that of neutral N. The intensity of the N(+) peak can be correlated with the electrical conductivity of the films and the spectroscopically derived ratio of F/N(+) is close to 4 indicating that one BF(-)(4) dopant ion is incorporated for every oxidized nitrogen center. In the spectra of films of polythiophene and its blends peaks corresponding to S and S(+) can not be resolved but again the F/C ratio correlates with the electrical conductivity.

Publication Types