Probing Morpho-Thermal Evaluation of In-Situ Fabricated Polyaniline/Polypyrrole/Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposites 

Pawan Sharma1

Kartika Singh1

Akshay Kumar2

Deepak Kumar1

Harish Mudila1

Udayabhaskar Rednam3

P. E. Lokhande3,4

Radhamanohar Aepuru5

Anil Kumar1,*,Email

Department of Chemistry, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, 144411, India
Department of Physics, G.D. College, Begusarai, Bihar, 851101, India
Departamento de Mecánica, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, Dieciocho 161, Santiago, Región Metropolitana, 8330383, Chile
Advanced Physics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra, 411007, India
Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, Santiago, Región Metropolitana, 8330015, Chile

Abstract

Chemical oxidative polymerization has been employed to synthesize Polyaniline/Polypyrrole/Carbon nanotube (PANI/PPy/CNT) ternary nanocomposites. Ammonium persulfate and hydrochloric acid were utilized as the oxidizing agent and dopant, respectively. In these nanocomposites, PPy served as a filler within the PANI and CNT matrix. Additionally, a range of physicochemical techniques was applied to assess the structural and thermal properties of the nanocomposites. It was observed that a PPy loading of 0.5 wt% exhibited greater crystallinity and thermal stability compared to loadings of 1 wt%, 2 wt%, and 4 wt% within the PANI and CNT matrix.