Polyaniline Nanotubes Prepared by One-Step Synergistic Polymerization of Aniline and Acrylic Acid

The electrochemical property of electrode materials greatly depends on their morphologies. This report introduces a novel and facile synthesis method for polyaniline (PANI) nanotubes from one-step synergistic polymerization of aniline and acrylic acid in an aqueous solution induced by the addition of ammonium persulfate (APS). The molar ratio of aniline to AA (X{ani/AA}) is found to have great in fluence on the morphology of the produced PANI. Hollow PANI nanotubes with an average inner diameter of 80 nm and outer diameter of 180 nm can be mainly produced when X{ani/AA} is not higher than 1. The electrochemical properties of the prepared PANI nanotubes have been investigated using a three-electrode system. The specific capacitance of PANI nanotubes can reach 436 F/g at a current density of 0.5 A/g in 1 mol/L H2SO4 solution. Furthermore, the specific capacitance of the PANI nanotube maintains 89.2% after 500 charging/discharging cycles at a current density of 0.5 A/g, indicating a good cycling stability.

Polyaniline Nanotube-ZnO Composite Materials: Facile Synthesis and Application

Polyaniline nanotubes and PANI-ZnO nanocomposites were prepared by the simplified Template-Free method. The experimental results indicated that the average diameter of Polyaniline nanotubes was approximately 150-200 nm. The average crystallite size of ZnO in PANI-ZnO composites was 27 nm. Moreover, the as-prepared samples were characterized by scanning electron microscopy（SEM）, FT-IR spectroscopy（FTIR） and X-ray diffraction（XRD）. Photocatalytic properties of the obtained samples were investigated by the photodegradation analysis of orange II and methylene orange dye. The as-prepared PANIZnO nanocomposites exhibited much higher photocatalytic activity than pure PANI nanotubes. During 2 h photocatalytic courses under UV irradiation, the degradation ratios of Orange II and methyl orange using PANIZnO nanocomposites were 90.3% and 84.5%, respectively. Furthermore, this method can be extended to prepare other organic-inorganic semiconductor composites based composite catalysts.

Electrochemical Study of Lincomycin on Au-PtNPs/nanoPAN/ Chitosan Nanocomposite Membrane and Its Determination in Injections

The Au-Pt alloy nanoparticles（Au-PtNPs） were electrochemically deposited on the surface of polyaniline nanotube（nanoPAN） and chitosan（CS） modified glassy carbon electrode（GCE）. The electrochemical behavior of lincomycin at Au-PtNPs/nanoPAN/CS modified GCE was investigated by cyclic voltammetry, linear sweep voltammetry and chronocoulometry. Cyclic voltammetric experiments show that lincomycin at the nanocomposite membrane modified electrode exhibited a pair of quasi-reversible redox peaks in pH=6.0 PBS. The membrane could accelerate the electron transfer of lincomycin on the electrode and significantly enhance the peak current. In a range of 3.0-100.0 mg/L, the reductive peak current of lincomycin at 0.42 V was linearly related to its concentration and the linear regression equation was ip,c=0.2703ρ-0.0042（ip, c： μA; ρ： mg/L; r=0.998, n=7） with a detection limit of 1.0 mg/L（S/N =3）. Compared with other methods, this method exhibited many advantages such as high sensitivity, selectivity, wide linear range and low detection limit. The method was used to determine the content of lincomycin in injections commercially available with satisfactory results. Some electrochemical parameters involved in the redox reaction of lincomycin, such as parameter of kinetic ha, standard rate constant ks and the number of H^＋, were also calculated.

One-Step Synthesis of Graphene/Polyaniline Nanotube Composite for Supercapacitor Electrode

Graphene/polyaniline nanotube （GPNT） composite was synthesized using Vitamin C as both the template of polyaniline nanotube via in situ polymerization of aniline and the reducing agent of graphene oxide. The pure polyaniline （PANI）, graphene/PANI composite （GP） （using hydrazine monohydrate instead of VC） and GO/PANI composite were also prepared. IR spectroscopy and morphologies of the as-prepared samples were characterized. And the electrochemical performances were conducted on a three-electrode cell. IR spectroscopy demonstrated the in- teraction between graphene and PANI nanotube in GPNT, which is beneficial to enhance the electrochemical performance of the composite electrode. Surface morphology showed PANI nanotube with outer diameter of 140 nm in GPNT. GPNT composites exhibited better electrochemical performances than GP composite and pure PANI. The electrochemical performances showed that the specific capacitance of GPNT was 561 F/g which is more than that of either GP or PANI, it is not only due to the graphene which can provide good electrical conductivity and high specific surface area, but also associated with a good redox activity of ordered PANI nanotubes. The as-prepared GPNT composites with higher conductivity, lower resistance and better cycle life in our laboratory are promising electrode materials for high-performance electrical energy storage devices.

Preparation of Au Nanoparticles Decorated Polyaniline Nanotube and Its Catalytic Oxidation to Ascorbic Acid

With sulfonated electrospun polystyrene fiber as a template, uniform polyaniline（PANI） nanotubes were fabricated via polymerization of aniline followed by template removal. Au nanoparticles（Aunano） were decorated on the PANI nanotube successfully via auto-reduction of HAuCl4 on the PANI nanotube. The morphology of the nanotubes was characterized by means of scanning electron microscopy（SEM） and transmittance electron microscopy（TEM）. By varying precursor concentration and incubation time, Aunano-PANI with different size of Aunano was obtained conveniently. Glassy carbon electrode modified with the Aunano decorated PANI nanotubes （Auna,o-PANI/GCE） was prepared and used seccessfully for the catalytic oxidation of ascorbic acid（AA）. The results of differential pulse voltammetry indicate that there is a good linear relationship between the peak currents and the concentrations of AA in the range of 5-3000 μmol/L, with the limit of detection of 1 μmol/L（S/N〉3）. There is no mutual interference between AA and dopamine. The electrode has been successfully applied in the detection of AA in vitamin C tablet sample.

High-performance nitrogen and sulfur co-doped nanotube-like carbon anodes for sodium ion hybrid capacitors

Sodium ion hybrid capacitors are of great concern in large-scale and cost-effective electrical energy storage owing to their high energy and power densities,as well as natural abundance and wide distribution of sodium.However,it is difficult to find a well-pleasing anode material that matches the high-performance cathode materials to achieve good energy and power output for sodium ion hybrid capacitors.In this paper,nitrogen and sulfur co-doped nanotube-like carbon prepared by a simple carbonization process of high sulfur-loaded polyaniline nanotubes is introduced as the anode.The assembled sodium ion half cell based on the optimal nanotube-like carbon delivers a high reversible capacity of ~304.8 mAh/g at 0.2 A/g and an excellent rate performance of ~124.8 mAh/g at 10 A/g in a voltage window of 0.01-2.5 V(versus sodium/sodium ion).For the hybrid capacitors assembled using the optimal nanotube-like carbon as the anode and high-capacity activated carbon as the cathode,high energy densities of ~100.2 Wh/kg at 250 W/kg and ~50.69 Wh/kg at 12,500 W/kg are achieved.

Embedding copper nanoparticle-anchored conductive nano-blocks in polyelectrolyte

Conductive carbon nanotubes （CNTs） or alternatively polyaniline （PANI） nano-blocks was introduced into aqueous solutions of polyvinyl alcohol （PVA） and copper （II） salt, to assist the reduction of copper （II） ions and the anchoring of the resulting copper nanoparticles onto the conductive blocks. The mixture solutions of nano-blocks, copper （lI） salts and PVA were spin-coated onto the cathode surface, forming swollen cathode films （SCFs）. The copper （II） ions in the film assembled onto the surfaces of the conductive blocks and were then reduced under an appropriate voltage. It is important that the copper nanoparticles grew only on the surfaces of the conductive blocks. PVA which acted as the matrix of the composites played a role in stabilizing the resulting copper nanoparticles. Morphologies of these polymeric composite films were studied by various characterization methods. Moreover, the mechanism of migration of copper （II） ions, the formation of these polymeric composites, and the overall procedure were investigated in detail.