The electrical conductivity, thermoelectric power, and metal-insulator-semiconductor diode properties o
fpolyaniline prepared in ionic liquid (PANI) have been investigated. The electrical conductivity o
f the polyanilineincreases exponentially with increasing temperature. The electrical conductivity value at 28
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f">C is 0.21 S/cm.The Seebeck coe
fficient o
f the PANI decreases with increasing temperature. The electrical conductivity andthermoelectric power results suggest that the PANI is a p-type semiconductor polymer. The Al/PANI Schottkydiode was
fabricated and is a metal-insulator-semiconductor type device. The ideality
factor
n and barrierheight
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b values o
f the diode at 298 K were
found to be 2.78 and 0.85 eV, respectively. The barrierinhomogeneities are a very important explanation o
f the higher values o
f the ideality
factor. The Gaussiandistribution
function was suggested
for describing barrier height inhomogeneities. The standard deviation o
fthe barrier height distribution
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o indicates the presence o
f the inter
face inhomogeneities. The
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B value obtained
from
C-
V measurement is higher than that o
f the
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B value obtained
I-
V measurements.