Tinplate is used to food packaging and other types of packages. The corrosion resistance of the tinplate has been study due the necessity of an alternative to high environmental impact of chromatization process. Therefore protective coatings as hybrid films base elaborations with different acids are studied to improve the barrier effect against corrosion. The objective of this work is characterize hybrid films deposited on a tinplate from a sol made up of the alkoxide precursors 3-(trimethoxysilylpropyl)methacrylate (TMSM), tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) and poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) together with one of three acids (acetic, hydrochloric or nitric acid) and to verify their action against the corrosion of the substrate. The films were obtained by a dip-coating process and cured for 3 hours at 160 °C. The film hydrophobicity was determined by contact angle measurements, and the morphology was evaluated by SEM. FTIR measurements were performed to characterize the chemical structures of the films. The electrochemical behavior of the coatings was evaluated by techniques open circuit potential monitoring (OCP), potentiodynamic polarization and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The results demonstrate that the siloxane-PMMA films improve the protective properties of the tinplate, with the films obtained by acetic acid addition exhibiting the greatest improvement.

Neste trabalho, filmes de polianilina (PAni) depositados por eletropolimerização potenciostática pulsada foram utilizados como camada transportadora em dispositivo orgânico fotovoltaico de heterojunção. Os filmes de PAni foram depositados sobre eletrodo de óxido de índio e estanho (ITO) utilizando-se potenciais pulsados de 1,0 V e 1,5 V em solução ácida contendo 0,1 M de monômero anilina. Os filmes apresentaram coloração esverdeada, uniforme e sem descontinuidades. A morfologia dos filmes de PAni foi analisada por imagens de microscópio de força atômica (AFM) e sua estabilidade foi verificada através de curvas de voltametria cíclica. Análise de espectroscopia de absorção ultravioleta-visível (UV-Vis) evidenciou a obtenção de filmes poliméricos no estado condutor (base esmeraldina). Os filmes de PAni depositada por eletropolimerização potenciostática pulsada sob diferentes tensões foram utilizados como camada transportadora de cargas em dispositivos fotovoltaicos de heterojunção à base de polímeros conjugados. As eficiências de conversão de energia (η) dos dispositivos com estrutura ITO/PAni/MDMO-PPV_PCBM/Al foram determinadas através da curva densidade de corrente-tensão (J-V) e comparadas com os dispositivos construídos sem a camada de PAni com estrutura ITO/MDMO-PPV_PCBM/Al, e observou-se que os dispositivos contendo filmes de PAni apresentaram eficiência cerca de 4 vezes maior.

Polyaniline (PAni) films obtained by means of pulsed potentiostatic electropolymerization were used as hole-transporting layer in organic photovoltaic devices. PAni films were deposited onto Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) from an acid solution containing 0.1 M aniline monomer at pulsed potentials of 1 V and 1.5V. The PAni films were characterized by Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), Cyclic voltammetry and UV-Vis absorption spectroscopy. The active layer of poly[2-methoxy-5-(3’,7’-dimethyloctyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene] (MDMO-PPV) and phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) was spin coated onto PAni films to obtain the ITO/PAni/MDMO-PPV_PCBM/Al photovoltaic device structures. The power conversion efficiency (η) of multilayered devices was evaluated by current density-voltage (J-V) curves. The results indicate that devices obtained with PAni films exhibit a 4-fold increase in conversion efficiency compared to devices without PAni films.