Abstract
Conducting polymers have been widely investigated because of their fascinating electrical and optical properties. In the present work, the oxidation of aniline was carried out in acidic aqueous media using chemical bath deposition method. Aniline, hydrochloric acid and ammonium dichromate (ADC) are used as aniline oligomers, dopant acid and oxidizing agent, respectively. Effect of oxidizing agent concentration on various properties of polyaniline thin films were studied extensively with the aid of Raman spectroscopy, UV-Vis spectroscopy, PL spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy and current-voltage measurements. UV, PL and Raman studies reveals that the higher concentration of ADC leads to the formation of emeraldine base form of PANI and at lower concentration supports the growth of conducting emeraldine salt. SEM micrographs confirm the compact and uniform growth of PANI. PANI films grown at lower concentration of ADC shows higher conductivity.
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