The fabrication of free standing silver, polypyrrole (PPy) and hybrid PPy
–
Ag
nanowire arrays was reported. Silver, P
Py and PPy
–
Ag nanowires were produced by
electrochemical deposition/polymerization of metal/polymer in anodic aluminum oxide
(AAO) templates. The home
–
made AAO templates were fabricated by two
–
step
anodization of aluminum performed in oxalic acid, sulfuric
acid and phosphoric acid at the
anodizing
potentials of 25 V, 45 V and
195
V, respectively. Silver nanowires with a
diameter of ~40, 80 and 300 nm were synthesized by DC electrode
position from a
commercially available plating bath. PPy nanowires, ~80 nm
in diameter, were synthesized
by electropolymerization of a monomer in a solution containing pyrrole (Py) and NaClO
4
by applying
a constant potential. The hybrid PPy
–
Ag nanowires, ~80 nm in diameter, were
synthesized by a simple simultaneous cathodic elect
ropolymerization of pyrrole and metal
deposition in a solution containing HNO
3
, NaNO
3
, pyrrole (Py) and AgNO
3
by applying a
constant potential. After the electrochemical deposition, free standing Ag, PPy and PPy
–
Ag
nanowire arrays were obtained by a subseq
uent chemical etching of the AAO template in
an aqueous NaOH solution. The morphology and structural characterization of fabricated
nanowires were performed by FE
–
SEM and EDAX analyses.
keywords in English:
AAO template s, E lectropolymerization, E lectrodeposition, N an owires
affiliation:
Wydział Chemii : Zakład Chemii Fizycznej i Elektrochemii