Polyaniline-silver composites prepared by the oxidation of aniline with silver nitrate in acetic acid solutions

Abstract

It has been proved that the reaction between nonconducting silver nitrate with nonconducting aniline in solution of acetic acid produce composites with conductivity about several thousands S/cm. Resulting composites were characterized by TGA, TEM, UV-VIS, FTIR and Raman spectroscopy.

Electrical conductivity was also measured.

Keywords

• polyaniline
• silver
• conducting polymer
• conductivity
• nanotubes