Reinforced Conductive Polyaniline-Paper Composites

• Main Authors: Jinhua Yan, Renmei Xu
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: North Carolina State University 2015-05-01
• Series: BioResources
• Subjects: Functional composites; Flexible composites; Scanning electron microscopy (SEM); Electrical properties; Interfacial polymerization
• Online Access: http://ojs.cnr.ncsu.edu/index.php/BioRes/article/view/BioRes_10_3_4065_Yan_Reinforced_Conductive_Polyaniline_Composites
• ISSN: 1930-2126; 1930-2126

A method for direct aniline interfacial polymerization on polyamideamine-epichlorohydrin (PAE)-reinforced paper substrate is introduced in this paper. Cellulose-based papers with and without reinforcement were considered. The polyaniline (PANI)-paper composites had surface resistivity lower than 100 Ω/sq after more than 3 polymerizations. Their mechanical strength and thermal stability were analyzed by tensile tests and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) results revealed that there was strong interaction between NH groups in aniline monomers and OH groups in fibers, which did not disappear until after 3 polymerizations. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and field emission (FE) SEM images showed morphological differences between composites using reinforced and untreated base papers. Conductive composites made with PAE-reinforced base paper had both good thermal stability and good mechanical strength, with high conductivity and a smaller PANI amount.