Abstract
Electrically conductive polyaniline-titanium(IV)molybdophosphate (PANI-TMP) cation exchange nanocomposite was studied as sensing material for aliphatic alcohols (methanol, ethanol and 1-propanol) at room temperature. The nanocomposite was synthesized by sol-gel mixing of polyaniline (PANI) into inorganic precipitate of titanium(IV)molybdophosphate (TMP) and characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy (UV-Vis). The composite showed good ion-exchange capacity, electrical conductivity and resistivity response towards alcohol vapours. It was observed that the sensor show good reversible response towards methanol vapours compared to ethanol and 1-propanol vapours. These studies suggest that the nanocomposite cation exchanger could be a good sensing material for methanol vapours at room temperature (25 °C).
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1226-1233 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 25 Jul 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Authors are grateful to the Ministry of Environment and Forests of India (project grant no. 19-36/2007-RE ) and Department of Applied Chemistry for providing financial support and research facilities.
Keywords
- Cation exchanger
- Electrical conductivity
- Nanocomposite
- Polymer
- Sensor
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Chemical Engineering