Electrochemical synthesis of polyaniline and its comparison with chemically synthesized polyaniline

The synthesis of polyaniline (PAni) powder was carried out from 0.15M of aniline and 1M of HCl in distilled water at room temperature in a single compartment electrochemical cell. The PAni was again synthesized chemically keeping the composition and temperature same as electrochemical process but ad...

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Published in:Journal of applied polymer science 2007-05, Vol.104 (3), p.1900-1904
Main Authors: Bhadra, Sambhu, Singha, Nikhil K., Khastgir, Dipak
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
conducting polymer
electrochemistry
Exact sciences and technology
infrared spectroscopy
Organic polymers
Physicochemistry of polymers
Polymerization
Polymers and radiations
Polymers with particular properties
Preparation, kinetics, thermodynamics, mechanism and catalysts
thermogravimetric analysis
X-ray
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Summary:The synthesis of polyaniline (PAni) powder was carried out from 0.15M of aniline and 1M of HCl in distilled water at room temperature in a single compartment electrochemical cell. The PAni was again synthesized chemically keeping the composition and temperature same as electrochemical process but adding equimolar amount of ammonium peroxydisulfate as an oxidizing agent. Then the PAni obtained from these two methods were characterized by the conductivity, solubility, X‐ray, FTIR, TGA, UV, and SEM, and compared. Result shows that the electrochemically synthesized PAni (ECS‐PAni) has somewhat lower conductivity, higher solubility, more benzenoid rings than quinoid rings, lower crystallinity, higher band energy, and higher particle size than that of chemically synthesized PAni (CS‐PAni). © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 104: 1900–1904, 2007
ISSN:0021-8995
1097-4628
DOI:10.1002/app.25867