Structural, optical and electrical properties of polypyrrole in an ionic liquid

Osman Gürbüz*, Bahire Filiz Şenkal, Orhan İçelli

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Abstract

Structural, optical and dielectric properties of polypyrrole (Ppy) were studied. Structural and optical properties of Ppy were studied using FT-IR and UV–visible spectrophotometer. Optical band gap (Eg) values of Ppy in an ionic liquid were increased with composite raw material. Moreover, the relation between (Eg) and refractive index (n) was estimated by Moss relation and then the relation between n and optical high-frequency dielectric constant (ε) were calculated. The experimental dielectric constant values of Ppy were lower than the theoretical values calculated from the relation. The alternating current (ac) conductivity shows that the compound is a typical organic semiconductor, as its conductivity increases with increasing frequency and the obtained results have been discussed in terms of the correlated barrier hopping (CBH) model. The absorption coefficient effects of the Ppy samples exhibited nearly-Debye type process. The calculated α and τ0 values are ~0.14 and ~0.01587 s, respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2625-2639
Number of pages15
JournalPolymer Bulletin
Volume74
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2017

Bibliographical note

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Funding

This work was supported by the Scientific Research Fund of Yıldız Technical University under Project Number: 2015-01-01-KAP08.

FundersFunder number
Yildiz Teknik Üniversitesi2015-01-01-KAP08

    Keywords

    • AC conductivity
    • Dielectric constant
    • Optical band gap
    • Polypyrrole

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