Conducting Polymer Prepared from Teflon

Katsumi Yoshino, Shozo Yanagida, Toshihiko Sakai, Takayuki Azuma, Yoshio Inuishi, Hiroshi Sakurai

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics · 1982 · 32 citations · 4 references

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Abstract

Conducting polymer is prepared from teflon by treatment with a THF solution of alkali-naphthalide. The electrical conductivity of this film is of the order 10 -5 -10 -4 (Ω·cm) -1 which is higher than that of teflon by more than ten orders of magnitude and comparable with that of trans (CH) x . The observed small activation energy of the conductivity seems to indicate that this material is slightly doped during the preparation process, as in the case of (CH) x .

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