Abstract

Polypyrrole (PPy)/graphene oxide (GO) nanosheet composites with different GO content have been successfully prepared. The morphology, microstructure, defect property and conducting mechanism were examined by Raman spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), field-emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM), X-ray photoelectron spectra (XPS), positron annihilation technology (PAT), and electrical conductivity measurements for PPy/GO conducting nanocomposites, respectively. Experimental results indicated that PPy was deposited onto the GO surface homogeneously. Four orders of magnitude increase in electrical conductivity was successfully achieved with small quantities of GO compared to pristine PPy. In order to elucidate the conducting mechanism, an electron transfer model was used to describe bipolaronic formation, which can be confirmed by XPS and positron annihilation parameters measured including positron annihilation lifetimes, positron annihilation Doppler broadening spectroscopy ...

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