Infrared Spectra: Useful Technique to Identify the Conductivity Level of Emeraldine form of Polyaniline and Indication of Conductivity Measurement either Two or Four Probe Technique

Abstract

A new insight was watched the connection between’s the conductivity and Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) spectra of the emeraldine type of polyaniline (PANI) structures. The conductivity of polyaniline emeraldine salt (PANI-ES) can be varied from 101 to 10-12 S cm-1. FT-IR spectrum is a tool to determine the conductivity level and also conductivity measuring methods of PANI system, i.e., either two probe or four probe techniques. This information is very useful for the researcher and industrialists working on emeraldine form of PANI systems to identify the conductivity level and method of measurements from FT-IR spectra. This data was seen from the infrared spectra of different PANI salts obtained by the oxidation of aniline in water/solvent medium by ammonium persulfate (APS) without utilizing any acids. PANI-ES samples having reasonably good conductivity (> 0.3 S cm-1) showed mostly nanowires or nanorods morphology, whereas, lower conductivity (< 0.3 S cm-1) samples showed mostlyagglomerated spheres or particles morphology. In these investigations, however, no report was made of the use of infrared technic to determine the conductivity of PANI system.