A polymer electrode with variable conductivity: polypyrrole

Art F. Diaz, Juan I. Castillo

Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications · 1980 · 268 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

Thin films of the ‘metallic’ polymer, polypyrrrole, when adhered to a platinum electrode surface, can be repeatedly driven between the conducting and insulating state with E°′ near –220 mV vs. the sodium chloride calomel electrode.