THERMOELECTRIC-POWER MEASUREMENTS IN HIGHLY CONDUCTIVE STRETCH-ORIENTED POLYANILINE FILMS

Holland, ER; Monkman, AP

Abstract

We have measured the thermopower of stretch-oriented, free-standing films of polyaniline (PANi) which after protonation have electrical conductivities of the order 300 S cm(-1) at room temperature. Our data show a striking contrast between trends in the thermopower measured parallel and perpendicular to the axis of orientation. It is suggested that in such orientation films it is possible to observe differences between intrachain and interchain transport properties from macroscopic electrical measurements.

Citation

Holland, E., & Monkman, A. (1995). THERMOELECTRIC-POWER MEASUREMENTS IN HIGHLY CONDUCTIVE STRETCH-ORIENTED POLYANILINE FILMS. Synthetic Metals, 74(1), 75-79

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: 1995-09
• Journal: Synthetic Metals
• Print ISSN: 0379-6779
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Volume: 74
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 75-79
• Keywords: THERMOELECTRIC POWER; POLYANILINE; FILMSDOPED POLYACETYLENE; THERMOPOWER; DERIVATIVES; POLYMERS