Abstract
We electrochemically synthesized π-conjugated polypyrrole (PPy) nanowires by using an environmentally stable and recyclable ionic liquid, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate (BMIMPF6), as a dopant, based on an anodic alumina oxide (Al2O3) nanoporous template. The de-doped states of the PPy nanowires were obtained from doped PPy nanowires through cyclic voltammetry (CV) using a solution of the catalyst in the BMIMPF6 ionic liquid. We confirmed the de-doped states of PPy nanowires based on a decrease of the bipolaron peak of the ultraviolet and visible (UV-vis) absorbance spectra. The formation of PPy nanowires was visualized by using scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. We studied the optical and structural properties of the doped and de-doped PPy nanowires by UV-vis absorbance and Fourier transform-infrared spectra. Our work included obtaining a laser confocal microscope Raman spectra for a single strand of the PPy nanowires.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 910-913 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Synthetic Metals |
| Volume | 157 |
| Issue number | 22-23 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2007 Nov |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF) grant funded by the Korea government (MOST) (no. R0A-2007-000-20053-0) (2007).
Keywords
- Electrochemical polymerization
- Ionic liquid
- Nanowire
- Polypyrrole
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering
- Metals and Alloys
- Materials Chemistry
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