Issue 19, 2023

Novel synthesis of polyaniline/tellurium (PANI/Te) nanocomposite and its EMI shielding behavior

Abstract

A one-pot thermal method for the synthesis of polyaniline/tellurium PANI/Te nanocomposite with the conducting emeraldine salt (ES) form of polyaniline is presented. The PANI/Te nanocomposite is synthesized via the reaction of in situ generated tellurium with aniline in the presence of a small amount of 2-mercaptoethanol (MPE) at the boiling temperature of aniline, where MPE acted as a reducing agent. The nanocomposite so generated was characterized by UV-Vis, FTIR, XRD, SEM, and AFM and then tested for its application in EMI shielding. The UV-Vis spectrum showed the absorption bands corresponding to benzenoid and quinoid excitations in polyaniline at 354, 382 and 605 nm. FTIR confirmed the peaks due to ES polyaniline. XRD analysis confirmed the formation of PANI/Te with impurities of TeO2. The addition of 4 wt% of Ag NPs to the PANI/Te nanocomposites increased the EMI shielding effectiveness of PANI/Te films fabricated in PVA from −4 dB to about −10 dB. This is probably the first study of a PANI nanocomposite involving Te for EMI application. A comparative study of the EMI shielding properties of PANI/Te alone, as well as doped with Ag and additional Te, is presented.

Graphical abstract: Novel synthesis of polyaniline/tellurium (PANI/Te) nanocomposite and its EMI shielding behavior

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
11 Jul 2023
Accepted
31 Aug 2023
First published
05 Sep 2023
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Mater. Adv., 2023,4, 4409-4416

Novel synthesis of polyaniline/tellurium (PANI/Te) nanocomposite and its EMI shielding behavior

A. K. Yadav, N. Mohammad and P. K. Khanna, Mater. Adv., 2023, 4, 4409 DOI: 10.1039/D3MA00394A

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