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2 Experimental Section
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HClO4 (Merck), containing different concentrations (1.7, 5.0, diamond prism in a Vertex 70 spectrometer (Bruker) using a
7.5, and 15 g L-1) of lignin derivative in the form of DTGS detector at room temperature, and the system was
lignosulfonates (LC30, Mw=13400, MeadWestvaco). The continuously purged with N2. IR spectra were acquired at 4 cm-
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polypyrrole film was electrodeposited in the same manner as resolution and 32 scans between 4000 and 800 cm-1.
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deformations, and have been associated also with other 1150 and 1080 cm-1, relative enhancements of the broad PPy
modes,40,41 but it is difficult to distinguish them from each band around 1300 cm-1 and of the carbonyl band at 1715 cm-1.
other. Also sulfonates are expected to contribute to this peak, Overall, the peak patterns of the composite spectra are similar
see below. Weak peaks near 943 and 856 cm-1 are due to C-H to a blue-shifted PPy spectrum. The suppression of features
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the significant increase in total intensity of the spectrum upon cause of the spectral changes, it is informative to monitor the
overoxidation, results from the electronic-vibrational changes in peak positions for the four spectra in Figure 7, since
enhancement with the number of charge carriers in the this gives an indication of which bands participate in
composite, increasing the relative contribution from PPy to the conversions upon redox cycling, see Table 2.
Table 2. Peak positions for the spectra in Figure 7. The “shift” column indicates the difference between the highest and the lowest
wavenumber for each absorption peak.
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