Conductometric H2 Gas Sensor With Doped And Dedoped Electropolymerized Polyaniline Nanostructures

Abstract

Dalam kertas kerja ini, struktur dan prestasi pengesanan gas oleh polianilin yang berskala nano yang dimendap di atas transduser lithium tantalate. Polimer berkonduksi ini disintesiskan melalui teknik electropolymerization. Struktur permukaan polianilin dicirikan dengan menggunakan Mikroskop Pengesan Elektron (Scanning Electron Microscopy). Didapati bahawa polianiline yang terhasil dipermukaan transducer adalah 3–dimensi struktur dan poros. Pengesan ini kemudian disiasat prestasinya terhadap konsentrasi gas yang berbeza dan berada dalam keadaan suhu bilik. Kata kunci: Pengesan H₂; polianilin, berskala nano; electropolymerization; dop dan nyah–dop In this work, the structural and gas sensing properties of polyaniline nanostructures deposited on 36° lithium tantalite (LiTaO₃) conductometric transducers was investigated. The polyaniline nanostructures were synthesized via an electropolymerization method. The morphology of the nanostructured polyaniline was characterized using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). It was observed that the electropolymerised film was a three–dimensional (3D) porous structure of polyaniline fibers and nanotips. The conductometric sensors were exposed to different concentrations of hydrogen (H₂) gas at room temperature. Key words: H₂ sensor; polyaniline; nanostructures; electropolymerization; doped and dedoped