Polypyrrole is the most widely used conducting polymer for sensors and biosensors construction once their conductivity and electroactivity do not strongly depend on the pH of the electrolyte. The aim of the present article is the improvement of amperometric ammonia determination, using dodecylbenzenesulfonate (DBSA) doped polypyrrole film. This large amphiphilic dopant promotes changes on the polymeric film leading to a more accentuated current and extending the linear response over a wide concentration range, when compared with films doped with small inorganic anions, such as chloride. The sensor's response was followed by EQCM and Raman spectroscopy experiments with the aim of elucidating the mechanism of ammonia detection.
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Dall’Antônia et al. (2002) studied this question.