Synthesis and electrical properties of freestanding film of azobenzene side-chain polyaniline

摘要

We report on the electrical properties of a conducting polyaniline (PANI) derivative film containing azobenzene side chain. The freestanding thin film of HCl-doped PANI derivative was synthesized through an N-alkyl-substituted reaction. We found that the side of the film irradiated by a weak ultraviolet light during the preparation is a poor conductor at room temperature and shows abnormal V-I characteristics. Its resistance decreases sharply with increasing temperature. However, the other side of the film without irradiation is highly conductive. The room-temperature conductivity is about 1.2 S/cm, which is much higher than that of other N-alkyl-substituted polyanilines (10~(-2)-10~(-7) S/cm). The temperature dependence of resistance follows one-dimensional variable-range hopping model.