2nd World Congress and Expo on Nanotechnology and Material Science April 04-06, 2016 at Dubai, UAE
Conference Proceedings

Poster Elaboration and characterization of Polyaniline (PANI) - SiC structure prepared by electrochemical method for chemical sensing

L. Talbi
Research Centre of Semiconductors for Energetics (C.R.T.S.E) 02 Bd., Frantz FANON, B.P. 140, Algiers
M. Berouaken
Research Centre of Semiconductors for Energetics (C.R.T.S.E) 02 Bd., Frantz FANON, B.P. 140, Algiers
H. Menari
Research Centre of Semiconductors for Energetics (C.R.T.S.E) 02 Bd., Frantz FANON, B.P. 140, Algiers
A. Keffous
Research Centre of Semiconductors for Energetics (C.R.T.S.E) 02 Bd., Frantz FANON, B.P. 140, Algiers
N. Gabouze
Research Centre of Semiconductors for Energetics (C.R.T.S.E) 02 Bd., Frantz FANON, B.P. 140, Algiers
M. Trari
U.S.T.H.B, Chemical Faculty, Algiers

Published 2018-01-01

Abstract

The grafting of organic molecules onto semiconducting substrates modifies their surface properties and can be used toprepare materials with potential applications such as capacitors, sensors, anti-corrosive coatings, batteries and actuator.The present work reports the electrochemical grafting of polyaniline doped with sulfuric acid (H2SO4), onto a thinhydrogenated amorphous silicon carbide (a-SiC:H) films, via cyclic voltammetry method. The confirmation of PANI was doneby FT-IR which displayed the principal characteristic peaks attributed to the different functional groups. Scanning electronmicroscopy (SEM) was used to evaluate the surface modification. The electrochemical properties of PANI samples were studiedby CV and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy tests. The structure has been tested for ammoniac (NH3) vapor detection.