Volume 108, Issue 4 pp. 2312-2320

Electrical-transport properties of iodine-doped conducting polyaniline

A. Sarkar

A. Sarkar

Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, Deemed University, Mahatma Gandhi Avenue, Pin 713 209, West Bengal, India

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P. Ghosh

P. Ghosh

Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, Deemed University, Mahatma Gandhi Avenue, Pin 713 209, West Bengal, India

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A. K. Meikap

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A. K. Meikap

Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, Deemed University, Mahatma Gandhi Avenue, Pin 713 209, West Bengal, India

Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, Deemed University, Mahatma Gandhi Avenue, Pin 713 209, West Bengal, India===Search for more papers by this author
S. K. Chattopadhyay

S. K. Chattopadhyay

Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, Deemed University, Mahatma Gandhi Avenue, Pin 713 209, West Bengal, India

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S. K. Chatterjee

S. K. Chatterjee

Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, Deemed University, Mahatma Gandhi Avenue, Pin 713 209, West Bengal, India

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P. Chowdhury

P. Chowdhury

Department of Chemistry, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan 731 235, West Bengal, India

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K. Roy

K. Roy

Department of Chemistry, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan 731 235, West Bengal, India

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B. Saha

B. Saha

Department of Chemistry, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan 731 235, West Bengal, India

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First published: 12 February 2008
Citations: 20

Abstract

We investigated the electrical-transport properties of hydroiodic acid doped polyaniline in the temperature range 77–300 K, applying magnetic field strength to a maximum of 1 T in the frequency range 20 Hz–1 MHz. The direct-current conductivity was explained by variable range hopping theory, and the direct-current magnetoconductivity, which was positive, was interpreted by orbital magnetoconductivity theory. The alternating-current (ac) conductivity was found to follow the universal dielectric response σ′(f) ∝ fs, where σ′(f) is the frequency-dependent real part of the complex ac conductivity, f is the frequency, and s is the frequency exponent. The trend in the variation of s, the temperature dependence of the frequency exponent, corroborated the fact that the correlated barrier hopping was the dominating charge-transport mechanism. The ac conductivity also showed a positive variation with magnetic field, which could be interpreted by this theory. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2008

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