Preparation of conductive polypyrrole (PPy) composites under supercritical carbon dioxide conditions

摘要

Electrically conductive composites were prepared via the chemical oxidative polymerization of the pyrrole monomer in polystyrene (PS) and zinc neutralized sulfonated polystyrene (Zn-SPS) films under supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-CO2) conditions.The strong swelling effect of SCCO2 made polypyrrole (PPy) particles not only form on the surface,but also become incorporated into the film,resulting in a homogeneous structure with a relatively higher conductivity.By comparison,the composite prepared in aqueous solutions shows a skin-core structure and a conductivity of 3 to 4 orders of magnitude lower than that of the former due to the diffusion-controlled process of the pyrrole monomer.The percolation thresholds of PS/PPy and Zn-SPS/PPy composites were 6.2% and 2.7% of the volume fraction of PPy,respectively,much lower than the theoretically predicted value of 16%.Moreover,the conductive composites prepared under SC-CO2 conditions showed higher thermal stability,especially in the high-temperature region.