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Adam Mizera1, Paweł Ławniczak1, Alina T Dubis2
1Institute of Molecular Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Smoluchowskiego 17, 60-179, Poznań, Poland.
Abstract:
The spectroscopic, thermal, and electrical properties of polypyrrole-co-poly(pyrrole-3-carboxylic acid) doped with p-TSA (p-toluenesulfonate) and AQS (anthraquinone sulfonate) are investigated. The semiconductor-like electrical characteristics of the systems are demonstrated by the variation in electrical conductivity as a function of temperature. The properties of conductivity and dielectricity are investigated. The investigated copolymers demonstrate 3D conductivity and a constant carrier density near the Fermi energy. Polarons and bipolarons are charge carriers, as indicated by IR and Raman spectra. The number of charge carriers is increased by doping the polypyrrole-co-poly(pyrrole-3-carboxylic acid) copolymer. The molecular structure of the ionized oligomer and the doped ones is analyzed using the density functional theory (DFT) methods. The time-dependent density functional theory methods are employed to analyze the electron transitions of the copolymers under investigation.
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