Reduction of silver nitrate by polyaniline nanotubes to produce silver-polyaniline composites

Stejskal, Jaroslav, Trchová, Miroslava, Brožová, Libuše and Prokeš, Jan Reduction of silver nitrate by polyaniline nanotubes to produce silver-polyaniline composites Chemical Papers, Vol.63, No. 1, 2009, 77-83

Document type: Článok z časopisu / Journal Article
Collection: Chemical papers  

Author(s) Stejskal, Jaroslav
Trchová, Miroslava
Brožová, Libuše
Prokeš, Jan
Title Reduction of silver nitrate by polyaniline nanotubes to produce silver-polyaniline composites
Journal name Chemical Papers
Publication date 2009
Year available 2009
Volume number 63
Issue number 1
ISSN 0366-6352
Start page 77
End page 83
Place of publication Poland
Publisher Versita
Collection year 2009
Language english
Subject 250000 Chemical Sciences
250500 Macromolecular Chemistry
Abstract/Summary Polyaniline (PANI) nanotubes were prepared by oxidation of aniline in 0.4 M acetic acid. They were subsequently used as a reductant of silver nitrate in 1 M nitric acid, water or 1 M ammonium hydroxide at various molar ratios of silver nitrate to PANI. The resulting PANI-silver composites contained silver nanoparticles of 40–60 nm size along with macroscopic silver flakes. Under these experimental conditions, silver was always produced outside the PANI nanotubes. Changes in the molecular structure of PANI were analyzed by FTIR spectroscopy. Silver content in the composites was determined as a residue by thermogravimetric analysis, and confirmed by density measurements. The highest conductivity of a composite, 68.5 S cm−1, was obtained at the nitrate to PANI molar ratio of 0.67 in water. Also, the best reaction yield was obtained in water. Reductions performed in an acidic medium gave products with conductivity of 10−4–10−2 S cm−1, whereas the reaction in alkaline solution yielded non-conducting products.
 
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