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Electrochemical synthesis of polyaniline nanoparticles

  • Zhiyong Tang
  • , Shaoqin Liu
  • , Zhenxin Wang
  • , Shaojun Dong
  • , Erkang Wang*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • CAS - Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry

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Abstract

Polyaniline nanoparticles were prepared on a highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) surface from dilute polyaniline acidic solution (1 mM aniline + 1 M HClO4) using a pulsed potentiostatic method. Electrochemistry, Fourier transform infrared external reflection spectroscopy (FT-IR-ERS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and tapping-mode atomic force microscopy (TMAFM) were used to characterize the composition and structure of the polyaniline nanoparticles. FT-IR-ERS and XPS results revealed that the polyaniline was in its emeraldine form. TMAFM measurement showed that the electropolymerized polyaniline nanoparticles dispersed on the HOPG surface with a coverage of about 1010 cm-2. These nanoparticles were disk-shaped having a height of 10-30 Å and an apparent diameter varying from 200 to 600 Å. The particle dimensions increased with the electropolymerization charge (Q) over the interval from 5.7 to 19.3 μC cm-2. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science S.A.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)32-35
Number of pages4
JournalElectrochemistry Communications
Volume2
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2000
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Graphite
  • Nanoparticles
  • Polyaniline
  • Pulsed potentiostatic methods

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