Polypyrrole salts and bases: superior conductivity of nanotubes and their stability towards the loss of conductivity by deprotonation

Jaroslav Stejskal; Miroslava Trchová; Patrycja Bober; Zuzana Morávková; Dušan Kopecký; Martin Vrňata; Jan Prokeš; Martin Varga; Elizaveta Watzlová

doi:10.1039/c6ra19461c

Polypyrrole salts and bases: superior conductivity of nanotubes and their stability towards the loss of conductivity by deprotonation

RSC Advances ◽

10.1039/c6ra19461c ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 6 (91) ◽

pp. 88382-88391 ◽

Cited By ~ 63

Author(s):

Jaroslav Stejskal ◽

Miroslava Trchová ◽

Patrycja Bober ◽

Zuzana Morávková ◽

Dušan Kopecký ◽

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Keyword(s):

Conducting Polymers ◽

Polypyrrole Nanotubes ◽

Conductivity Of Nanotubes

Polypyrrole nanotubes exhibit conductivity of tens S cm−1 which is one of the highest among the current conducting polymers.

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Electronic structure studies of conducting polymers by electron energy-loss spectroscopy

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100163265 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 54 ◽

pp. 160-161

Author(s):

J. Fink

Keyword(s):

Electronic Structure ◽

Conducting Polymers ◽

Conjugated Polymers ◽

Electron Acceptors ◽

Electron Donors ◽

Light Emitting ◽

One Dimensional ◽

New Class ◽

Electrical Conductivities ◽

Electron Energy Loss

Conducting polymers comprises a new class of materials achieving electrical conductivities which rival those of the best metals. The parent compounds (conjugated polymers) are quasi-one-dimensional semiconductors. These polymers can be doped by electron acceptors or electron donors. The prototype of these materials is polyacetylene (PA). There are various other conjugated polymers such as polyparaphenylene, polyphenylenevinylene, polypoyrrole or polythiophene. The doped systems, i.e. the conducting polymers, have intersting potential technological applications such as replacement of conventional metals in electronic shielding and antistatic equipment, rechargable batteries, and flexible light emitting diodes.Although these systems have been investigated almost 20 years, the electronic structure of the doped metallic systems is not clear and even the reason for the gap in undoped semiconducting systems is under discussion.

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