Anderson PE, Badlani RN, Mayer J, Mabrouk PA. Electrochemical synthesis and characterization of conducting polymers in supercritical carbon dioxide.
J Am Chem Soc 2002;
124:10284-5. [PMID:
12197723 DOI:
10.1021/ja026494c]
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Abstract
This contribution reports the first synthesis of conducting polymers (CPs), specifically, polyaniline (PAn) and polypyrrole (PPy), in supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2). CPs synthesized electrochemically in scCO2 were characterized with cyclic voltammetry (CV), four-point probe conductivity, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and UV-vis spectroscopy. Preliminary data indicate that CPs synthesized by this method exhibit novel morphology and high conductivity comparable to that synthesized by traditional methods.
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