Spectroelectrochemistry of Polyaniline co-doped with Cu and Polyvinyl alcohol
Conducting polymers are extensively investigated around the globe for their potential applications in many diverse fields including anti-corrosive coatings, sensors, biosensors, electrochromic devices and energy storage devices such as rechargeable batteries and super capacitors.
Polyaniline, a promising conducting polymer, exhibits a wide range of electrochemical and chemical properties. The electronic, thermal and morphological properties of polyanline depend upon method of synthesis, nature of dopant, oxidizing agent and solvent system. Polyaniline co-doped with Cu and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) has been synthesized by inverse emulsion polymerization and characterized with FTIR, XRD, TGA, SEM and Cyclic voltammetry .
The purpose of the present work is to further characterize the synthesized material with in situ UV-vis and Raman spectroelectrochemical measurements.
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