Probing Morpho-Thermal Evaluation of In-situ Fabricated Polyaniline/Polypyrrole/Carbon nanotube Nanocomposites
Pawan Sharma, Kartika Singh, Akshay Kumar, Deepak Kumar, Harish Mudila, R. Udayabhaskar, Departamento de Mecánica, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, Dieciocho 161, 8330383, Santiago, Chile, P.E. Lokhande, Departamento de Mecánica, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, Dieciocho 161, 8330383, Santiago, Chile, Radhamanohar Aepuru, Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, Santiago, Chile., Anil Kumar
Abstract
Chemicaloxidative polymerization has been employed to synthesizePolyaniline/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.