Dielectric and conduction behaviour of H2SO4 doped conducting Polyaniline

Abstract

We report the effect of H2SO4 doping on the dielectric and conduction behaviour of Polyaniline (PANI) samples. The PANI salt prepared by oxidising aniline hydrochloride in distilled water with the oxidant ammonium persulphate with continuous stirring at room temperature and PANI base is produced by subjecting PANI salt to a reaction with 0.5M NaOH. H2SO4 doped PANI is prepared by subjecting PANI base to reaction with 1M H2SO4 at room temperature under constant stirring for 1h. The synthesied PANI along with the doped samples were further washed with acetone to study the effect of acetone washing on the electrical behaviour. It is observed that the dielectric constant as well as the dielectric loss decreases with frequency in the entire studied sample. The frequency dependent AC conductivity at room temperature obeys the power law and the DC conductivity was obtained from the fitting parameter. It is found that the non acetone washed PANI doped in 1M H2SO4 shows highest dielectric constant and conductivity.