Synthesis, Characterization and Electrical Properties of  Poly 2-Aminobenzothiazole Doped by  MWCNTS

Hussein, Hajar; mohammed, mohammed; Al-Saymari, Furat

doi:10.22068/ijmse.3928

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‎ 10.22068/ijmse.3928

Synthesis, Characterization and Electrical Properties of Poly 2-Aminobenzothiazole Doped by MWCNTS

Hajar Hussein

, Mohammed Mohammed

, Furat Al-Saymari

Abstract: (779 Views)

Poly(2-aminobenzothiazole) (PAT) is a relatively new heterocyclic conducting polymer having a sulfur and nitrogen-rich chemical structure. During the past decade or so, there have been notable advances on the development of PAT. Especially, PAT and PAT-based composites have shown great potential for their applications in photovoltaic cells, solar cells and anti-corrosion organic coatings. In this study, 2-aminothiazole was successfully prepared as pure polymer and as composite materials with multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs). FTIR, X-ray diffraction and SEM images were investigated, showing that the composite of poly 2-aminobenzothiazole: MWCNTs was successfully synthesized. The electrical features of the pure polymer and the composite thin films were examined. The findings show that the conductivity of the pure polymer and composite thin films are about 1.67x10^-6 (S/cm) and 4.1x10^-2(S/cm), respectively, exhibiting a significant enhancement by a factor of 2.5x10⁴ times as a results of doping the pure polymer by 1% wt MWCNTs.

Keywords: poly 2-aminobenzothiazole, poly 2-aminobenzothiazole:MWCNTs composite, nanocomposite, surface morphology, electrical conductivity