Preparation and Electrical Properties of Conducting Cellulose Acetate/Polypyrrole Composites

The electrically conducting cellulose acetate/polypyrrole composite films were synthesized by exposing cellulose acetate film containing oxidizing agent to pyrrole vapour and the formation of polypyrrole is confirmed by IR and electron microscopic studies. The morphologies of polypyrrole in the composites are different depending on the oxidizing agent. Ferric chloride is most effective among several metallic chlorides to synthesize the composites with high electrical conductivity. The conductivity of composite films synthesized with 50 wt.% of ferric chloride reaches upto .