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 language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 32-35 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Electrochemistry Communications |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2000 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Graphite
- Nanoparticles
- Polyaniline
- Pulsed potentiostatic methods
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