Dopant, Immersion Time Effect, and Hydrolysis onto Polyaniline/Bacterial-Composites: Conductivity Studies

Abstract

The composite of conductive polyaniline was synthesized using the in situ chemical polymerization methods on cellulose to form PANI cellulose composites. Polyaniline can be composited with a cellulose matrix (nata de coco) due to its abundance, low price, and environmental friendliness. Ammonium peroxodisulfate (APS) was usedas an initiator for the oxidative polymerization of aniline. Characterization of PANI Cellulose Bacterial composite was drawnusing FT-IR and SEM, while the conductivity and electric quantities both using LCR-meter, FT-IR spectra, and SEM The PANI-cellulose bacterial composite with the various concentration dopant of H2SO4 methods has the highest conductivity than PANI-cellulose bacterial composite with the dopant of HCl methods.