The integration of catalyst metals into the graphene-based composites can be a new way to ensure thermal and electronic conductivities of the catalyst support materials in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. In this work, graphene nanosheets were synthesized via a mild and safer chemical route including three major steps: graphite oxidation, ultrasonic treatment and chemical reduction. The...

We have examined a colloidal dispersion of surfactant-stabilised polypyrrole particles by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectroscopy (TOF-SIMS) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). These surface-specific techniques have enabled us to probe the surface composition of the conducting polymer particles. Al l three techniques indicate that the p...

INTRODUCTION The research made in this PhD thesis fits the current trend in the development of new advanced composite electrode materials with high performance and parameters. The composite materials has new physical and chemical properties that are not present in its components taken individually. The new electrode materials were obtained by combination of conducting polymers, such as polypyrr...

Conductive polypyrrole–polyaniline/TiO2 nanocomposites (PPy–PANI/TiO2) were prepared by in situ oxidative copolymerization of pyrrole and aniline monomers in the presence of TiO2. For comparison studies, polypyrrole/TiO2 (PPy/TiO2) and polyaniline/TiO2 (PANI/TiO2) were also prepared. The samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, UV-vis diffuse reflectanc...

Herein, we first report a novel approach for preparing 3D π-π stacked crystals of polyaniline and polypyrrole and show how they self-assemble in a suitable solution environment. 3D crystals of polyaniline and polypyrrole show high charge-transport properties of 130 S cm(-1) and 150 S cm(-1), respectively. Remarkably, the 3D crystals of polyaniline obtain excellent anisotropic conductivity.

In this work, a synergistic effect of reduced graphene oxide (rGO) and polypyrrole (PPy) was studied in terms of their promotional role to enhance the capacity and cyclic stability of hollow SnO2 anodes in lithium-ion batteries. The core–shell structured hollow SnO2/rGO/PPy nanocomposites were synthesized using a hydrothermal method followed by an in situ chemical-polymerization route. Substant...

polypyrrole (ppy) nanofibers have been fabricated on glassy carbon electrode (gce) usingelectrochemical technique. electropolymerization of pyrrole (py) for the fabrication of ppy nanofiberswas occurred on gce by applying a fixed potential of about 0.85 v for 120 sec in a mild basic solutioncontaining sodium carbonate and sodium perchlorate. in the mild basic media, the monomer, py, isoxidized ...

Polypyrrole/single wall carbon nanotube composites were synthesized by in-situ chemical polymerization using pyrrole (PPy) as precursor and single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) as additive component. Electron microscope images reveal that SWNTs component acts as nucleation sites for PPy growth in the form of spherical and cylindrical core-shell structures. The SWNTs/PPy core-shell results in th...

This paper reports the synthesis of polypyrrole coated SnO2/ZnOelectrospunnanofibers via vapor phase polymerization method. In order to prepare one dimensional (SnO2- ZnO)/polypyrrole with the core sheath structure, first SnO2-ZnO composite nanofibers were synthesized via electrospinning method followed by adsorption of Fe 3+  on the surface of the SnO2-ZnO nanofibers and finally pyrrole w...