Abstract
The electrical properties of a complex of polyaniline with poly-2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propanesulfonic acid (PANI-PAMPSA) and composites based on it with the addition of silicon nanocrystals (nc-Si) ranging in size from 30 nm to 100 nm are studied in this article. It was found that the dc conductivity of PANI-PAMSA decreases with the introduction of nc-Si. Investigations on alternating current showed that the frequency dependence of the conductivity of the polymer and composites based on it obeys the Jonscher law, which indicates a significant role of the hopping mechanism of conductivity. A mechanism is proposed for reducing the conductivity of PANI-PAMSA upon the incorporation of silicon nanocrystals, which is associated with a change in the energy distribution of localized states in the band gap of the polymer and is independent of the nc-Si synthesis method.
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