Electrical properties of composites based on conjugated polymers and conductive fillers Original Research Article

Composite materials based on undoped conjugated polymers and conductive filler were synthesized and their electrophysical and electrochemical properties were investigated. Conjugated polymers such as polyaniline (PANI), polyacetylene (PA) and typical polymer dielectric, polypropylene (PP) were used as matrices. Graphite and single-walled nanotubes were used as conductive fillers. The investigation of the dependencies of conductivity on filler concentration show that in contrast to PP and PANI, PA becomes conductive due to injected charge carriers from filler particles. This conclusion is supported by investigated dependencies of composite conductivity on temperature and time during aging and on cyclic voltammetry data. It was shown that a conjugated polymer matrix allows composite materials with new electrophysical and electrochemical properties to be produced.