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The pyrrole electrochemical polymerization in the presence of salt and acid forms of flexible-chain sulfoacid polyelectrolytes is studied comparatively. Electrochemical and spectral methods of the synthesis control showed the polypyrrole electrosynthesis in the presence of polyelectrolytes to occur more rapidly and with lesser monomer concentration than in inorganic-anion-containing aqueous solutions. With the using of the polyelectrolytes’ Н+-form, the pyrrole polymerization rate was shown to exceed that in the Na+-salt solutions. Electrochemical, spectroelectrochemical properties in visible and near-IR spectral regions, and morphology of the obtained hybrid polypyrrole films were also studied.
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Spectral studies and surface AFM-studies were performed using equipment of Center for the Collective Use of Physical Methods of Investigation of IPCE RAS.
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This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project no. 18-53-18009 Bolg_а) and the Ministry of Education and Sciences of RF (the development of the procedure of polypyrrole synthesis in the presence of polyelectrolytes).
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This paper is dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Professor V.V. Malev who has made a considerable contribution into modern directions of electrochemistry.
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Gribkova, O.L., Kabanova, V.A. & Nekrasov, A.A. Electrochemical Polymerization of Pyrrole in the Presence of Sulfoacid Polyelectrolytes. Russ J Electrochem 55, 1110–1117 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1023193519110065
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