Abstract
This article reports on development, characterization, and performance of electro-conductive textiles prepared by in-situ chemical polymerization of mixtures of pyrrole and thiophene onto a polyester fabric. It was observed that a mixture of pyrrole and thiophene at 4:1 molar ratio resulted in the lowest surface resistivity among all the mixtures and the individual monomers studied. This electro-conductive fabric exhibited exponential voltage-current relationship. Further, it showed substantial fall in surface resistivity under the exposure of ultra-violet radiation. Under the application of DC voltage across it, an exponential rise in surface temperature was observed and the coefficient of rise in temperature was found to be directly related to the duration of voltage applied. Further, when subjected to mechanical straining, it displayed a decrease in resistivity followed by an increase of resistivity.
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