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Structural and electrical properties of HCl–polyaniline–Ag composites synthesized by polymerization using Ag-coated (NH4)2S2O8 powder

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Ag nanoparticles were sputter-deposited on ammonium persulfate ((NH4)2S2O8) powder to obtain (NH4)2S2O8−Ag powder, which was used to synthesize the HCl-doped polyaniline−Ag (HCl−PANI−Ag) composite via a polymerization procedure. The Ag nanoparticles were dispersed in the HCl−PANI matrix, and their sizes mainly ranged from 3 to 6 nm. The Ag nanoparticles did not affect the structure of emeraldine salt in the composite, and they increased the ordered crystalline regions in the HCl−PANI matrix. The HCl−PANI−Ag composite had a conductivity of (6.8 ± 0.1) S/cm, which is about four times larger than that of the HCl−PANI. The charge transport mechanism in the composite is explained by the three-dimensional Mott variable-range hopping (3D-Mott-VRH).

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The authors appreciate Dr. Xin Gao of the Analysis Center of School of Materials Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing for supporting with TEM observations. This work was financially supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China (No. 8220).

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Zhou, Y., Zhang, Yh., Ma, Js. et al. Structural and electrical properties of HCl–polyaniline–Ag composites synthesized by polymerization using Ag-coated (NH4)2S2O8 powder. Int J Miner Metall Mater 25, 1329–1334 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-018-1686-4

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