Research Article

Influence of Monomer Concentration on the Morphologies and Electrochemical Properties of PEDOT, PANI, and PPy Prepared from Aqueous Solution

Table 2

Assignments of the Raman bands for the PEDOT, PANI, and PPy.

Vibrational wavenumbers (cm−1)Assignments
PEDOTPANIPPy

520, 587, 848, 990Oxyethylene ring deformation
698Cα-S- ring deformation
1115C-O-C ring deformation
1265Cα- interring stretching
1360Cβ- stretching
1422, 1440Symmetric Cα=Cβ (stretch)
1515, 1573Asymmetric Cα=Cβ stretching
1628C-C in benzene ring (stretch)
1610C=C in quinone ring (stretch)
1513N-H bending
1458, 1440C=N and CH=CH (stretch)
1359C-N+ polarons (stretch)
1255C-N in benzenoid ring (stretch)
1140C-H in semiquinone ring (bend)
855Benzenoid ring deformation in emeraldine salt
815Quinoid ring deformation
608, 624Benzenoid ring in-plane deformation
984, 928Ring deformation
1105, 1066Symmetrical C-H in plane bending
1257Asymmetrical C-H in plane bending
1319, 1295Asymmetrical C-N stretching
1608C=C stretching