Authors : Mahore R.P., Burghate D.K., Kondawar S.B. and Burghate P.D.
Page Nos : 204-210
Description :
In this paper we report the synthesis and electrochemical study of
ternary composites of
conducting polymer polypyrrole (PPY) and CNT
-
MnO
2
so as to use them in device application. Ternary
composites of PPY/CNT/MnO
2
have been synthesized by
in
-
situ
chemical polymerization. Electrospun
nanofibers of ternary composite were f
abricated by using poly vinylidene fluoride (PVDF) as carrier
polymer. Analytical techniques such as SEM, FTIR, and XRD are used to characterize the synthesized
ternary composites. The ternary composite showed good interaction based on the shift to longer
wavelengths in the electronic transition, indicating the interaction between PPY and CNT
-
MnO
2
as
observed in their FTIR spectra of powder as well as fibers. Crystallinity of MnO
2
in ternary composite was
confirmed from XRD results. The SEM images of synthe
sized ternary composites reveal dispersion of
polymer over CNT and the SEM images of fiber indicates the diameter of fibers in the range of 100
-
300nm. Electrochemical study was done by cylic voltamettry(CV), Galvanostatic Charge
-
Discharge (GCD)
and Electr
ochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS).
