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Water-dispersed polypyrrole nanospheres via chemical oxidative polymerization in the presence of castor oil sulfate

  • Chao Yang
  • , Peng Liu*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Lanzhou University

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Abstract

The castor oil sulfate (COS), produced by the sulfonation of the castor oil (one of the most promising renewable sources), was used as both the surfactant and the dopant in the chemical oxidative polymerization of pyrrole. The resulting castor oil sulfate doped polypyrrole nanospheres (PPy/COS) were characterized with FTIR, UV-vis, TGA, zeta potentials and TEM techniques. It was found that their diameter decreased and their dispersing stabilities in water increased with the increasing of feeding ratio of COS. The PPy/COS nanospheres possess high electrical conductivity at room temperature and the weak temperature dependence of the conductivity.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)345-350
Number of pages6
JournalSynthetic Metals
Volume160
Issue number5-6
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2010
Externally publishedYes

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  1. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

  • Castor oil sulfate
  • Electrical conductivity
  • Polypyrrole
  • Temperature dependence of the conductivity
  • Water-dispersed

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