Effect of surfactant on the characteristics of polythiophene/rice husk ash nanocomposite

In this study Polythiophene and Polythiophene/rice husk ash nanocompositewere synthesized by chemical oxidative polymerization in the presence of sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate (DBSNa) as a surfactant and ferric chloride (FeCl3) as an oxidant and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) as a catalyst.The properties of products were investigated in terms of morphology and chemical structure by using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Foureir-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), respectively. Results indicated that properties of products are dependent on nanocomposite structure. FTIR spectrum analysis confirmed that, all bands in nanocomposite are slightly shifted, which indicates that there is some interaction between Pthand the metal oxides of RHA.

کلیدواژه ها:

polythiophene ، nanocomposite ، morphology ، surfactant